Julian Powell lost a third of his stack on a recent hand. After a preflop raise, a player in late position reraised all in for 20,000. Powell, sitting in the small blind, had a tough decision holding . Perhaps taking inspiration from this Chinese gambling mecca, he decided to gamble and made the call. The late position player had for a classic race situation. Pocket nines held up when the board ran out .
With that loss, Powell has dipped to 48,000 in chips.