Lucky Eights

It folded around to Steve Brecher on the button, who raised. The small blind passed, but Alexander Kostritsyn in the big blind reraised. Back around to a steely-faced Brecher, who announced, "All in." Kostritsyn eyed him expressionlessly. And called.

Brecher flipped over {8-Diamonds}

-- and the hard, masculine tension around the table melted into girlish good cheer as Kostritsyn flipped {8-Spades}

. Another player at the table seemed to be calling for a flush, although through his accent it came out as, "Flesh! Flesh!" rather adding to the surreality of the episode, and it was pretty close but it was ultimately the expected split.

Board: {7-Spades}

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Steven Brecher