Koch Crows His Last
The former poker press member turned PokerStars Sponsored Player told us that Sijbrand Maal opened for 600 and he just flat-called. There were two further calls, before Marcel Koch reraised to 3,500. Maal passed, but Brecard made it 13,000 to go. Everyone else passed, Koch pushed for perhaps 16,000 with , and Brecard was only too happy to call with his . "But I didn't have the ace of diamonds," Brecard explained, "Because then it would have been kind of a fix." Interesting.
Anyway, Koch flopped a king, but a bunch of bricks later and Koch was busto, while the People's Choice Award winner from last night's French Poker Awards ceremony was up to a commanding 65,000.