Alex Keating is Just Getting Warmed Up
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Niveau 6
: 300/600, 100 ante
One of the characters from last year's Main Event was Alex Keating. Keating is easily identifiable with his long beard and his unorthodox approach to sitting — he is often crouched on his chair like a catcher.
Keating didn't take long to start chatting up Maxime Heroux, who he refers to as Max.
On this hand, a player opened to 1,500 and Heroux made it 3,700. Keating was in the small blind.
"How much?" he said very deliberately.
Then he raised to 15,000. The original raiser folded and Heroux took a moment before folding as well.
"Right in your face Max," Keating said tossing the 
face up across the table ala Gambit.
"How did that feel Max?"
The table broke out in laughter when Heroux responded with only a blank look.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
116,000
28,100
|
28,100 |
|
64,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
||
board with about 11,000 in the pot, the player in the big blind bet 4,600 and Jonathan Roy called from under the gun. 
for kings and tens, Roy mucked, and his opponent collected the pot.
flop. 
river, it looked as if Kassouf might bet again. He grabbed a T5,000 chip, then decided to check. "Let's just keep it friendly," he said. "I checked. 
. 
. "It could've got in there on the turn," Kassouf continued. "A little check, raise, jam, raise, all in." 
and it was off to the races with Zhou holding 
.
, giving Zhou queens full for a double.
and Greenblatt continued for 2,800. Nitsche called and the turn was the 
.
.
flop came.
, Abdellatif bet 3,1000 and both Chen and Delich called.
