Minus an Abacus

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It's gone the shape of the pear for the French contingent who are dropping like lemmings on a tightrope. Not only have we lost Nicolas Levi, Fabrice Soulier and Arnaud Mattern, but we're now missing resident 'Abacus' and wily veteran Michel Abecassis. I didn't see the hand myself, but fellow blogger and French insider Benjo supplied the news...

"He lost a coin-flip for a 115,000 pot," he began dejectedly as his subjects continue to fall, "This dude [Jens Klaning] raised it up from the button with nines, the Abacus reraised from the small blind with A-K and the guy pushed. The Abacus thought he wouldn't do that with aces or kings and that he was 50-50 at worst, so made the call, but the nines stood up."

You can normally count on the Abacus, but not today.

Tags: Jens Klaning Michel Abecassis