Bad First Chapter for Horecki
Marcin Horecki is here, having brought a copy of Vincent V. Severski's thick thriller Niewierni to read between hands during the early going. Just now he was looking up from his book to see a player raising to 300 from early position, then another three-betting to 800. The action on Horecki, he reached forward to set out another reraise to 2,325.
It folded back to the original raiser who folded, then Horecki's lone remaining opponent repopped it to 5,800. Horecki thought a short while, then announced he was all in, and his opponent called to commit his remaining 17,000 or so.
Horecki had 
and his opponent 
. The flop came 
to reduce the drama somewhat, but the 
on the turn meant Horecki could still make a flush to overcome his opponent's set of kings. But alas for the Polish pro, the river was the 
, the ace coming too late to help him.
The first chapter of the EPT Deauville Main Event has turned out not so well for Horecki who tumbles down below 10,000 on that hand. He's hoping, however, the rest of the book reads better.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000
-21,000
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-21,000 |
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