11-16-2008 22:02 UTC+2

The Ups, Downs, and Ups of Nicolas Levi

[user46392]

I tip my hat to you

As I count the stack of the be-trilby'd one, he announces to me, "A ton." He looks down and counts his chips before qualifying his statement: "A small ton." The small 'ton' is in fact a below average, yet still manageable, 13,000.

I wander off for a moment and come back to find Levi doubling up an opponent, his {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

no good against the opponent's {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

{3-Hearts}

after the board came out {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

{A-Hearts}

{3-Spades}

{9-Hearts}

{9-Clubs}

. "Not a ton any more," says Levi sadly, examining his remaining 6,000 in chips. "But plenty."

And in fact, he got his 'plenty' chips across the line in the very next hand, shoving from the button to an under the gun raise from Jonas Molander.

Molander: {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

Levi:

{A-Clubs}

{K-Hearts}

Board: an exciting-on-the-turn but ultimately surprise-free {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{5-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

{4-Diamonds}

Levi doubles back up to a ton (13,000 in the usual terminology).

Tags: Jonas Molander Nicolas Levi