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Aleksander Vathne - nearly eliminated by text message

A nice bit of early controversy (which ended in smiles, however) is just what's needed to wake up a table. It surrounded Aleksander Vathne, who had just made a giant check-raise (all-in for around 200k over a bet of 19,500) against Gus Hansen on a flop of: {Q-Spades}

. "He really doesn't want me to call him," pondered Hansen.

Just then, Vathne picked up his mobile phone and started pressing buttons. We all know that phone use at a table is a big no-no, and someone at the table asked (not in all seriousness), "Is his hand dead?"

The T.D. said, "That is a dead hand." Hush fell. The tension was broken by Gus saying, "If his hand is dead, I'm definitely going to call. But that would be a bad ruling."

It wasn't obvious that Vathne was all in, though, and when it was explained he received a warning, as there was no further action which could possibly be influenced. Even so, one of them joked, "He's just emailed Gus saying 'fold'."

Hansen did fold in the end, and play continues.

Tags: Aleksander Vathne Gus Hansen