Mickey DoftThe background makes him look unusually cheery today
We arrived at Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko's table in time to see him make a call for a significant amount of his chips.
He had put 22,500 into the pot and his opponent, Florian Bussman, had moved all in for 100,500. Kravchenko thought it over for a few minutes and made the call with , racing against Bussman's .
The board ran out and Kravchenko is down to 27,000 after the lost race. Bussman surges to over 200,000.