Now That's a Sick Flop

[user66118]

We joined the action live on the flop, and we're certain we missed a preflop raise of some sort. Either way, it was heads up between Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Philipp Gruissem when we walked up to a flop of {2-Clubs}

. Gruissem tapped the table, and he didn't waste much time calling a bet of 1,600 from ElkY.

Fourth street brought the {K-Diamonds}

and another check-call from Gruissem, 4,600 this time.

The last card off was the {K-Spades}

, double pairing the board. When Gruissem checked a third time, ElkY made a bet of 11,100, leaving himself less than 5,000 behind. The final bullet sent Gruissem deep into the tank as he toyed with the decision for several agonizing minutes. Finally, and apparently reluctantly, he splashed the calling chips into the pot.

Showdown
ElkY: {2-Spades}

Oh. Oh, well then. I guess that's that. Gruissem held his cards above the muck for a moment, shaking his head. Eventually, he let the table see his coolered {Q-Clubs}

as he sheepishly flipped them face-up in front of him. Flash bulbs were popping all around, and a crowd of players came flooding to the table to see just how good ElkY runs.

Flopping the second nuts is usually a good thing, but not this time for Gruissem. He's down to about 10,000, while ElkY climbs just over 40,000.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier ElkY Philipp Gruissem