Areas of High Pressure
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Chaz Chattha, undisputed Grinder of the Tournament, has just 85,000 going into the first break (a stack he probably would have considered a high point most of yesterday). He was faced with a big decision just now, and his tortured throw-fold at the end of it showed the kind of pressure he was under.
Chattha had raised to 12k preflop, and Nicolas Babel had put in a little nibbling re-raise, to 22,500. This fold/push decision put him through the wringer; while Babel sat absolutely still and silent, Chattha mused, "Will you show me? No answer? I have pocket Tens. And it's bubble time as well...so sick!"
He passed, and will restart the next level in the same sort of shape chip-wise he's been in for many a level.