We found this hand developing with Mark "P0kerH0" Kroon in the big blind and Carl Horvath in the cutoff. Horvath had raised and Kroon reraised an unkown amount. Horvath was deep in the the tank, with only a 16,000 behind. Horvath stood up from his seat and muttered to something to himself. Kroon had earphones in and took them out to see what he was saying.
After another long pause Kroon called the clock on Horvath and Horvath almost instantly announced all in.
Kroon leaned back and said, "Oh, I wish I had a hand right now. I bet your glad I didn't snap call, huh?"
Kroon hemmed and hawed and tossed in the call.
Kroon:
Horvath:
The board ran and Horvath had quite a scare while doubling up.
Just before the break, we stumbled upon Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon's table and noticed a big hand in progress. On a flop of , Kroon had checked to his opponent on the button, who fired out 12,000. Kroon then moved all in, and the button called. We're not sure of the exact amount, but we estimate the pot to be close to 90K.
Showdown
Kroon:
Button:
"I have a lot of out," Kroon crowed just before the was put out on the turn. "You took away a lot of those out dealer," he added. Kroon, who busted in the first three hands on Day 1a, seemed to be having a reversal of fortune here today, as evidenced by the that spiked on the river.
Kroon hit his card to scoop the huge pot and eliminate his opponent, increasing his stack to around 150,000. "Is there any way you can write that to not make me seem like a donk?" Kroon asked with a big smile on his face.
When Steve Verrett's table was recently broke, he was relocated an aisle over and seated at the same table as his good friend Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon. Both players hail from Madison, Wisconsin and actually host a Saturday morning radio show devoted to poker, aptly titled "Man Up". It'll be interesting to see these two battle it out, with Kroon already requesting, "Make sure to get the hand when I bust him out."
Steve Verrett's recent table change doesn't seem to be doing him any favors. We wandered by his table just in time to see the dealer counting out Verrett's stack to pay an opponent who had just doubled. We're not sure what Verrett's hand was as the dealer had already killed it, but his opponent had laid out in front of him on a board.
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Just before the level went up, a player in middle position opened for 3,300 only to have Khang Nguyen move all in for 33,000. Action folded around to Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon in the big blind, he squeezed out his cards, capped them, and then announced that he was all in. The original raiser quickly flicked his cards to the muck, discovering that it was a good laydown.
Showdown
Kroon:
Nguyen:
"All red," Kroon commanded the dealer, who obliged with a flop; however, it did give Nguyen a gut-shot straight draw to a jack. The turn was a blank as far as Nguyen was concerned, and so was the river. Kroon eliminated his opponent and chipped up to around 184K in the process.
and Horvath had quite a scare while doubling up.
, Kroon had checked to his opponent on the button, who fired out 12,000. Kroon then moved all in, and the button called. We're not sure of the exact amount, but we estimate the pot to be close to 90K.
was put out on the turn. "You took away a lot of those out dealer," he added. Kroon, who busted in the first three hands on Day 1a, seemed to be having a reversal of fortune here today, as evidenced by the 
that spiked on the river.
flop; however, it did give Nguyen a gut-shot straight draw to a jack. The 
