2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

EPT Polish Open Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€367,141
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,400
Prize Pool
€1,172,973
Entries
217
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

The Ups, Downs, and Ups of Nicolas Levi

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As I count the stack of the be-trilby'd one, he announces to me, "A ton." He looks down and counts his chips before qualifying his statement: "A small ton." The small 'ton' is in fact a below average, yet still manageable, 13,000.

I wander off for a moment and come back to find Levi doubling up an opponent, his {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades} no good against the opponent's {3-Clubs} {3-Hearts} after the board came out {2-Clubs} {A-Hearts} {3-Spades} {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs}. "Not a ton any more," says Levi sadly, examining his remaining 6,000 in chips. "But plenty."

And in fact, he got his 'plenty' chips across the line in the very next hand, shoving from the button to an under the gun raise from Jonas Molander.

Molander: {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}
Levi: {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}

Board: an exciting-on-the-turn but ultimately surprise-free {6-Spades} {5-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}

Levi doubles back up to a ton (13,000 in the usual terminology).

Tags: Jonas MolanderNicolas Levi