We noticed that Bruce Kramer has a neat little diamond encrusted skull to cap his cards, as he has been playing tournaments all week. Perhaps he brings it because it’s lucky, or perhaps it’s meant to intimidate. Either way, its powers were not to be seen this hand up against Douglas James and Roberly Felicio.
We joined the hand with the board showing a 
, with a very healthy pot of 25K ready for the taking. Bruce checked utg, which was perhaps the sign James was looking. He raised 16,700, more than 1/3 of the average chip stack. That proved to be too rich for both his opponents, garnering two quick folds and a nice boost to James’ stack.
