Dutch Courage
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With Ruben Visser raising it up to 300 from the button, Rolf Slotboom made it 1,250 from the small blind and Wetsteijn folded his big blind. Back round to Visser, who then announced "All in," without physically putting another chip in the pot.
"Snoops, are there any good looking girls outside?" asked Slotboom as he contemplated his decision.
"If you play aces like this, you do a good job," he added in his broad Dutch accent. "Sigh, maybe I make a big mistake."
After squirming in his seat incessantly, Slotboom eventually trickled his several thousand in chips over the line and showed
. Much to everyone's surprise, Visser could only table a 
... but still, it was ahead.As I have seen on numerous occasions, the usually cucumber cool Slotboom then positioned himself just inches away from the felt where the board was destined to hit before chanting like a man possessed, "Aces and kings, aces and kings, aces and kings."
Although the dealer didn't quite oblige, the
was pretty accommodating nonetheless. "Spades and tens, spades and tens, spades and tens," exclaimed Rolf, changing his plea. A 
on the turn was not what he asked for, and by the 
river, it was too late, Slotboom was gone.As his expression went sour and the manic behavior ceased, Slotboom shook the hand of each and every one of his opponents before making his way, mumbling "What was he representing?" as he left.
, Annette Obrestad bet 2,500 but insta-mucked when her opponent made it 6,000 to play. A few hands later, she lured a few of those chips back, betting 1,500 into a pot of 2,000 and a board of 
to take it down. 
. Action checked around and when another 
. Action checked around again and "Fossilman" smiled and said "I win" as he rolled over 
. The other players cracked a smile and almost fell for it, but eventually the player with 
flop, Robert Mizrachi's leading bet of 3,725 was check-raised to 7,725. After much deliberation, Mizrachi let it go to leave himself with 8,500.
. Escudero made a reluctant call and got the bad news when Mizrachi tabled