Rast Wins a Pot, But Gruissem Wants To Play

donpeters

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

With a pile of yellow (T5,000) and chocolate (T25,000) chips in the middle, Alex Lynskey fired a bet of 180,000 on the flop. After a bit of studying his opponent, Brian Rast put in a raise to 610,000. Lynskey gave it up, and Rast pulled in the pot.

Just as Rast was about to toss his hand in, Philipp Gruissem, who happened to wander up to the table to check in on the action, silently leaned in behind him to try and get a peak as players sometimes take one last look at their hand before tossing it in. And maybe Gruissem was looking for a little inside knowledge as he and Rast play the biggest buy-in tournaments around the world together. Unfortunately for Gruissem, Rast didn't look back.

As Rast pulled in the pot, Gruissem took a few steps closer and joking grabbed a 20-high stack of chocolate chips from Rast. He slid them over to the empty space between Rast and Ami Barer and said, "Can I play over here?" with a big smile on his face. Barer and Rast laughed, and then Gruissem was back on his way.