Ints Grinsbaums raised to 21,000 preflop and Dean Pearson pushed all in one seat down for what appeared to be circa 150,000 in chips. Although he was inches away from folding (even picking up his cards, holding them vertically and tapping them gently against the felt), Grinsbaums surprised everyone by abruptly sliding a column of purple chips across the line.
It was a coin flip in the end, Pearson's
hoping to avoid one of six outs against the Latvian's
. The flop was a safe one, the
missing Grinsbaums by a country mile. The
looked good too, although I'm sure Pearson's heart actually stopped beating as the card was being dealt. But then...
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