Get Krunk

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Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

To the untrained eye, Robert Panitch appears to be your standard older gentleman enjoying a nice game of cards on a Sunday afternoon. He is nondescript and quiet, with nothing standing out to differentiate him from thousands of grandfathers tossing in blue chips during a casual $3/$6 limit hold'em game.

But poker fans in the know recognize Panitch as a wolf in sheep's clothing. The man affectionately called "Uncle Krunk" by his friends on the circuit has quickly made a name for himself in a game now dominated by young bucks forty years his senior. Panitch proved his mettle on the felt last year when he final tabled the World Series of Poker Circuit National Championship Main Event - where he ultimate fell in 3rd place for a $156,743 score.

Panitch is off and running here today as he competes on Day 1a of the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship, looking to prove that his near miss was no fluke. One unfortunate opponent just got krunked when Panitch took him to valuetown for a sizable river bet.

The final board read by the river and the pot contained 800 when we saw Panitch check to an unidentified player. The man took Panitch's tap of the table as a sign of weakness, so he fired out a bet of 1,600, only to discover that Panitch ad played him. Uncle Krunk check-raised to 4,600 and stared forward, not answering when the man asked if he held and ace.

Finally, curiosity got the better of him and he looked Panitch up, only to see his instinct proven correct when Panitch rolled over for the boat. We saw the showed to the table as the man angrily flung his cards into the muck, and although he had a full house as well, his end was inferior and the pot was pushed to Panitch.