Not Robin

I'm a sadist at heart, so at the start of every Day Two, I always see who the short stack is and lurk at their table like a blood-thirsty vulture. On this occasion, that man was Swede Nichlas Saarisilta, who with just 2,275 was in need of a miracle of biblical proportions.

Although he survived one all-in (pushing from under the gun and picking up the blinds uncontested), he couldn't duck the next, calling all in from the small blind after Robin Ylitalo had opened from early postion.

Fellow short stack Elsa Lo Chow also shoved from the small blind, and after Yliatalo threw in the extra shrapnel, the cards were on their backs:

Yliatalo = {A-Diamonds}

Chow =

Saarisilta = {5-Spades}

Board:

"Another hand perfectly played," complimented Aranud Mattern with a smile as the two early casualties slipped away.

Tags: Nichlas Saarisilta