Mattern Up the Pressure
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Interesting developments over on Table Eames/Mattern: a huge bet, a tournament life at risk and a big decision counting John Eames' timebank down... the board was standing 
with the nine having rounded off this hand. Between 17k and 20k was in the pot already, but the bet being considered (and for at least a minute before and a minute afterwards) was a monstrous 34,000, the full remaining stack of Arnaud Mattern.
The aviator-sporting Frenchman was sitting still, his decision already made, but Eames on the other hand looked just like he was having a silent back-and-forth conversation with an invisible person. He nodded sagely at one point, made conversational hand gestures for a while, and finally, reluctantly, threw his hand away.