Lewkowski Illustrates the "Chip and a Chair" Story
A rail of Australians (in full team shirt and gear) is supporting their countryman George Lewkowski in Day 2c of the Big 50 and they're having a high-octane Level 16. At the beginning of the level, their man in the field was down to two big blinds (according to them) and four big blinds (according to his table), but either way, what followed was an amazing comeback.
Under the gun just after the bubble, Lewkowski picked up pocket aces and a first double through. Then a huge cooler saw 
, 
, 
and 
dealt out in the same hand. While the betting took off, Lewkowski (with the pocket kings) was all-in again; the jacks folded preflop. The flop brought a king and a queen, leaving Lewkowski with top set and a more than triple-up.
Finally, the hand that really got his table talking. A player moved all-in with and when it folded round to Lewkowski, he asked, "All in?" as a query. But it didn't sound like that to the dealer or floor who made the ruling that Lewkowski had announced that he himself was all-in (and covered). He was made to put his newly-formed stack over the line with 
. A six on the board delivered him a stack of 600000, from 30,000 - in just four hands.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000
308,000
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308,000 |