Taking a coffee break at the bar (oh so easily confused for being out) was Brian Johnston, who wanted it noted that he, too, has 18k ("before it's gone.").
He won a tidy pot with
, seeing an
flop. Any inhibitions he may have had about continuing to bet disappeared on the
turn, and he even managed to prise out another 1,600 on the river (his opponent had an Ace).
Then he got into a battle with the Mad Turk, with
. This time a more promising flop: heart heart
. The turn was the
, however, and when he bet, Turk called sharpish. The river brought an offsuit Ten, Brian checked and faced a 2,100 bet. A long think which he said ended when he just considered to himself, "Well, it's
him," and called with his King, which was good. Turk showed a Nine, apparently, and mucked...
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