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"You know who the unluckiest guy in the room is?" Matt Vengrin just asked us as we strolled through the orange section in the amazon room.
"That guy," Vengrin said after we left a blank, pointing at the guy to the immediate right of German super star Philipp Gruissem.
Gruissem's list of results in poker tournaments are off the chart, as he's cashed for more than $1.4 million in every year since 2011. Gruissem recently won the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller for $1.3 million to put himself near to top performer of 2014 as well.
One of Gruissem's first big tournament results came in the summer of 2011 when he finished 28th in the World Series of Poker Main Event. Today Gruissem's looking to start his Main Event off right, but for now he's down a little bit from the 30,000 starting stack.
flop and check-folded to a bet from his opponent.
and had his opponent slightly covered. His opponent had the 
and had called off to Queen's shove.
, and Queen won the pot to essentially double up to over 50,000 in chips.
, and he tossed out 1,200. Meyers put in a check-raise, making it 4,000 to go, and his opponent tank-called.
, Meyers led out for 9,000, and the player went deep into the tank. He eventually flicked his cards into the muck, and Meyers was pushed the pot.
and Marquez checked to Walthaus who bet 700. Marquez called, the 
landed on the turn and both players checked. The 
river completed the board and Marquez bet 1,600, which Walthaus quickly called.
for sevens full of sixes, but it was second best to Walthaus' 
for sevens full of aces.
flop.
was checked through by both players as the 
completed the board on the river.
for a flush. Saul shook his head and flashed a 
before mucking, and the player caught in the middle shrugged and mucked 
