The Rise and Fall of Nikolaus [Removed:552]

THE FIFTY-- While cruising past Nikolaus [Removed:552]'s table, we witnessed him raising an opponent's 1,000 chip bet on the river to 3,500 on a board of {8-Spades}

, and after much consideration, the young Betfair qualifier called, only to see [Removed:552]'s {Q-Hearts}

, that had rivered a set. That hand sent [Removed:552]'s stack up past the 40,000 mark.

Only a few moments later, we heard the dealer call out "all in action!" and rushed over to find that [Removed:552]'s stack had again found its way to the middle, calling an opponent's 6,000 or so chip all-in in a pot that had swelled to nearly 20,000. The board read {Q-Diamonds}