The Greek Wheel
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We passed by Athanasios Polychronopoulos' table recently to find the accomplished pro staring straight ahead with an intense expression - not looking directly at Chris Klodnicki from across the table, but not avoiding his own staredown.
Polychronopoulos is usually a gregarious fellow on the felt, smiling and talking his way through tournaments while making friends along the way, as he did with professional football player Miles Austin in the next seat over this evening. So when we saw the two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner with such an intense expression etched on his face, we stopped in our tracks to see the cause.
And we're glad we did... Chris Klodnicki though, not so much.
The board read 
when we caught the action, and a pot with at least 65,000 was already at stake. Polychronopoulos was in the big blind and had a bet of 50,000 already assembled and moved forward. From watching earlier hands at the table, it's likely Klodnicki had tanked for a long while to force Polychronopoulos' previously mentioned stare.
Finally, Klodnicki made the call, with Polychronopoulos insta-tabling his 
for a rivered wheel straight. His eyes never left Klodnicki's direction as the pot was pushed his way though, showing that when the game gets going, even the nice guys have to flash a mean mug here and there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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373,000
93,000
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93,000 |
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147,000
-87,000
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-87,000 |
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, and the Club WPT winner fired out four gray T5,000 chips. Leah tank-called the 20,000-chip bet, and the river was the 
.
for a flopped set of fives.
flop to prompt a feeler bet of 10,000 from the cutoff and a call by Cathy Dever on the button. Gregg sat still for a few seconds before reaching decisively for a stack of baby blues and making the raise. It looked to be about 48,000 or so, but we couldn't even count it before both opponents surrendered to the End Boss.
flop changed nothing, nor did the 
on the turn, but the 
spiked on the river. Peters gave the slightest grimace before grabbing his bag and exiting, and Stout offered his condolences to his fellow online grinder.
flop.
and Afriat led out for 24,000. The original raiser folded and Harrison Gimbel raised it to 64,000. Afriat made it 130,000 to go and Gimbel moved all in for roughly 280,000 total. This concerned Afriat who looked at Gimbel and asked him "did you flop a set of 6's?"
. Gimbel didn't have a set. He did have a flush draw though with the 
. He would pick up a few more outs when the 
was delivered on the turn.
and Afriat scooped the huge pot to move into the chip lead.
on the turn was a brick.
and Harwood checked to the aggressor, who played the part with a smallish wager of 14,000. Harwood flatted and fourth street brought the 
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