You Can't See Me

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Wandering around during the early stages of a tournament where players are given 20,000 in chips is a little like watching boxers circle each other, or scorpions or some more apposite example from the animal kingdom which it is too early to produce as yet.

That doesn't mean there's nothing to see, however, even if the players' hole cards remain a mystery. For example, just now Nenad Medic raised to 300 preflop, button Nik Persaud reraised to 1,050, and then action passed through the small blind but encountered even further resistance from big blind Florian Langmann, who raised again - to a 3,200 which neither potential opponent was prepared to call.

The next table along experienced something similar when Sorel Mizzi raised to 350 preflop just as a camera crew took up positions encircling him. "I gotta raise for the cameras," he explained.

Then Stephen Baker calmly repopped him, prompting a wry, "He's gotta reraise for the cameras," and a fold.

Tags: Florian Langmann Nik Persaud Sorel Mizzi Stephen Baker