Clubbing at Pascha
But we really took notice of him when Ramzi Jelassi was spotted leaving the room, while Mr. Pascha took possession of his chips. Jelassi looked like he was going to cry so tablemate George Danzer filled us in.
It seems that Pascha had raised to 600 and Jelassi had made it 1,600. Pascha called and they saw an flop with two clubs on it, one of them the ace. Ramzi bet out 2,700 and Pascha called, and they saw a turn. This time Jelassi check-called 2,300 from Pascha.
Come the blank on the river, Jelassi checked again and then called all in for his last 12,000. Pascha turned over two clubs, one of them the king, for the nuts. Jelassi mucked, although later he told us that, "He's insane, and I had top pair." He'd been at that table just three hands when he smacked into Pascha.
Jelassi is not the only one at the table who's been having a rough time at the hands of the exuberant Austrian. The Duc Ngo is also down to 14,000, and George Danzer has been reduced to 11,000. Everyone at the table who is not Mr. Pascha looks extremely disgruntled.
Mr. Pascha is up to 90,000 and is clear chip leader by a country mile.