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As we entered the arena today, slightly goggle-eyed and still recovering from these early starts (it's early in the poker world!), we were suddenly ambushed by a surprisingly energetic Chris Elgie who was eager to inform us of some curious, perhaps paranormal, observations.

"Take a look at this, guys. I qualified on the 13th, my buy-in receipt say the number 13, I'm third from bottom, and my ticket today is 31. That's a lot of threes and ones."

"Is 31 your favourite number?" I asked inquisitively to no response.

Not one to be duped by spooky occurrences, my skepticism was truly put to the test when Elgie pushed all in under-the-gun on what I believe was the third hand of the day. After receiving a call from the even shorter-stacked Lascelle Barrow on the button, Elgie duly turned over {A-Diamonds}

!!!

Creepy, yes, but the truth was that he was in trouble as Barrow tabled {8-Spades}

. But on this occasion, the numbers one and three proved lucky for Elgie as the board came {9-Hearts}

to award him a much-needed double through.

I didn't check his new count, but something tells me he might be hovering around the 13,000 mark. We are now exiting the Twilight Zone.

Tags: Chris Elgie

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Lucky For Some