A Few Hands with Ricky
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Our PokerNews reporter wondered over to Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen's table to see how the PokerStars.net Online Qualifier was traveling.
With a limp in early position, Kroesen made it 1,050 to go and was called by only the blinds. The big blind led out for 1,600 on the 
flop and Kroesen kicked his cards to the muck along with the small blind.
The following hand, Kroesen opened to 700 and only managed to pick up the blinds and antes, but not before showing his 
while appearing visibly annoyed that no one was able to give him any action as he chipped up to 8,600.
After limping behind a few players, Kroesen fired out 1,025 on a 
flop and only managed to find one caller before he folded after his opponent pushed out a 2,000-chip bet when the landed on the turn.
On the final hand of our rickwaa experiment we saw him opening to 700 from middle position with just the big blind making the call before both players tapped the table on a 
flop.
Kroesen's 1,050-chip bet on the 
on the turn was check-call by his opponent before Kroesen fired out 2,000 when the river landed the 
. Kroesen's opponent again played the check-call card only to muck at the sight of Kroesen's 
a he returned to over the 10,000-chip mark.