Dealer Is Wahlbeck's Friend
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The gentleman under the gun opened to 450 and got two calls from Ville Wahlbeck in mid position and Nicolas Levi in the small blind. They saw a 
flop, which they checked around.
The turn was the 
and Levi checked again. This time the original raiser bet 850, which Wahlbeck called - but back over to Levi, who now check-raised to 3,000. Original Raiser now commenced a long dwell, his hands steepled in front of his mouth, staring intently at the board. Eventually he called, and Wahlbeck called too.
All three players reverted to checking the 
river, and Levi turned his cards over first - 
for for the pair on the board with a ace. Original Raiser flipped 
, beating Levi's hand. But Wahlbeck revealed 
for the best hand.
The dealer at first attempted to ship the pot to Original Raiser, before being corrected and returning the pot to Wahlbeck. "You are my friend!" cried out Original Raiser to the dealer, but the pot went Wahlbeck's way, putting him back up to 27,000 after an uninspiring start.