Bullet Laddering
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Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jakobsson Lopez had 2,000 chips left, having just paid the 1,000 ante. He was staring intently at the tournament clock display as more and more people were eliminated and the pay jump approached.
The dealer reminded him to act when it was his turn and he apologised and explained what he was doing. The other players had no problem with him trying to creep up the ladder. “Hey, man. It’s worth a bullet,” one of them said.
Lopez folded that hand and on the next hand he was all in and got a call. “I've got queens,” Lopez said, and tabled 
. His opponent had 
.
The board ran out 
and Lopez got a tiny double-up and made the pay jump, banking $3,256 having fired one bullet worth $565.