Marcus Aurelius, The Chip Emperor
We came to Marcus Aurelius' table during the aftermath of an obscenely large pot for this stage in the tournament. Aurelius was raking in stacks, and stacks of black, yellow, light blue, and green chips. So many chips in fact that they were overflowing into the spaces next to him.
We didn't catch the hand he won, but a player who was a part of the vicious battle informed us, in a very cliff notes fashion, of what happened.
Apparently, Aurelius called a raise with 
, and took to a flop with two other players. On the flop of 
all three players got all the money in the middle creating a massive pot. Aurelius was ahead in the hand with two pair, but he was against 
for a scary looking overpair, and 
for the nut flush draw. The board apparently bricked out with a 
and a 
and that was it. Aurelius had both players covered and he scooped up the monster potten without any issues, except for the issue of space for his newly acquired stack.
With that, Aurelius now has a stack of over 130,000 going into the blind levels of 200/400 with a 50 ante, which represents a factor of more than 300 big blinds.
"If you don't cash now, you really suck," someone told Aurelius as he was gathering his chips. "You could just sit there and cash." But poker is a swingy game, and anything can happen. One thing is for sure, we'll be keeping our eye on this monster potten winner as the day goes on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 135,000 |