Rast Wins a Pot, But Gruissem Wants To Play
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With a pile of yellow (T5,000) and chocolate (T25,000) chips in the middle, Alex Lynskey fired a bet of 180,000 on the 
flop. After a bit of studying his opponent, Brian Rast put in a raise to 610,000. Lynskey gave it up, and Rast pulled in the pot.
Just as Rast was about to toss his hand in, Philipp Gruissem, who happened to wander up to the table to check in on the action, silently leaned in behind him to try and get a peak as players sometimes take one last look at their hand before tossing it in. And maybe Gruissem was looking for a little inside knowledge as he and Rast play the biggest buy-in tournaments around the world together. Unfortunately for Gruissem, Rast didn't look back.
As Rast pulled in the pot, Gruissem took a few steps closer and joking grabbed a 20-high stack of chocolate chips from Rast. He slid them over to the empty space between Rast and Ami Barer and said, "Can I play over here?" with a big smile on his face. Barer and Rast laughed, and then Gruissem was back on his way.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
3,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
||
|
1,400,000
-186,000
|
-186,000 |
. Barer held the 
, and Lynskey's tens were still in front. The 
turn proved a massive, tournament-ending blow to Barer was he was now drawing dead. The river completed things worth the 
, Rann doubled to 1.7 million in chips.
flop appeared. Uphoff led out for 45,000 and was min raised to 90,000 by Douaglin after Levy folded. Uphoff called and check-called another 100,000 on the 
turn before both checked the 
river.
and Uphoff mucked.
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Douaglin led out for 125,000 and Levy thought for a solid minute before making the call.
for ace high, and then Levy rolled over the 
for a rivered pair and the win.
, and action checked to Lynskey. He bet 75,000 and won the pot.
board. Lyndaker was in the big blind and called all the way until the river where he looked very tempted to call but placed his cards into the muck very deliberately, maybe in case he did something silly.
flop as well as the 
. Just like that, the start-of-the-day chip lead hit the rail in 10th place.
