Lights, Cameras, Action!
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With blinds now at 150/300 Markus Golser opened this hand with a raise of 800 from early position. Bruce Atkinson, who has been having a very successful 2010, called from the cut off. Konstantin Bucherl called from the button and so did Arnaud Mattern from the small blind.
The flop was 
and Mattern checked before Golser put out a bet of 2,200. Atkinson called immediately and then a light went on inside the head of Bucherl who went into the tank. After a while and a few mutterings of numbers under his breath he plonked a pile of his chips onto the felt in front of him which only left three solitary yellow chips in front of him and one green chip on his cards - 15,025 in total. The Dealer spread the bet out for the table to see and it equated to 26,500. This lead to a stampede of cameras and Mattern and Golser folded before Atkinson made the call.
The turn was 
and Atkinson rapped his knuckles on the felt to indicate a check. Almost in sync Bucherl did the same. The river was a 
and again Atkinson pressed his knuckles to the felt.
"I missed." Said Bucherl as he turned over his 
. Atkinson turned over 
an action that drew several gasps from around the table. Bucherl now joins Mattern as the two short stacks on table 20.