We arrived at table 35 with a player in early position having laid out a 16K bet on the river on a board reading and the player on the button – Mathieu Bouvret – was in the tank… but not for too long. Eventually, he grabbed one of his smaller stacks of purple T500 chips and stabbed it down in front of him while simultaneously declaring, “all in”. His opponent simply flipped a single chip in the middle by way of a call.
Mathieu:
Opponent:
The stealthily-made full house had the upper hand, and when the stacks were counted down, Mathieu had 55,600 chips behind – exactly 600 chips more than his adversary, who was eliminated on the following hand.