The happy tale of the fall and rise of Gunnar Rabe now.
Thomas Fuller raises and BB Gunnar calls. The flop comes
, and Gunnar shoves; Fuller calls. Gunnar shows
for two pair, and Fuller shows
for the flush draw. The
on the turn and
on the river, and the dealer counts the stacks. Gunnar is left with one chip. One, one-thousand chip chip. If you understand me. Oh, and, of course, his chair. The blinds are now at 4k/8k with a 1k ante.
The next hand he's all in for the ante from the small blind; an Ace on the board pairs with the Ace in his hand (paired with a Five, but no-one else has one), and now he has 6k.
A few hands later, under the gun, he shoves his remaining 3k. Ed Lawson in the small blind doesn't want to call with his 3-5 off, but he does; Michael Durrer in the BB checks. The board comes down
(at which point Durrer turns to Lawson and says, "you have a King?"), and then the river come
. Now Durrer bets and Lawson folds. He turns over
for the full house, but Gunnar Rabe has
to split the pot. What with all the antes, Gunnar is still up on the hand.
Ok, next hand Gunnar is all in for 7k total including his ante on the big blind; there are four callers. Thomas Fuller bets 10k which scares off all but Denes Kalo, but they both check the
that then comes down. Fuller shows
, Kalo mucks, but Gunnar blows them all out of the water with
for the flush. Go Gunnar! Now on about 30k, even minus his small blind.
Some hands later (I am now beginning to get bored of waiting for him to exit), Micahel Durrer raises to 24k utg. Gunnar tries to go all in but accidentally calls. Oops. Oh well, it's only 4k difference. So all in on the
flop, Gunnar shows
and Durrer shows
. "That's what I had," moans Lawson about the Q-K - it's true, I snuck a peek before he folded from the SB. Anyway, the turn and river come
, and Gunnar doubles up again! To about 70k! Ah ha ha!
At this point I decide he's not going out any time soon and come back downstairs. Floppy informs me that he's on about 100k now, although he's got a very steal-y Julian Thew on his table, taking down more pots than anyone else. But still. Comeback of the century. Just goes to show. Never give up.
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