Dropped on His Hedlund
Ladies and gentlemen, this already unusually subdued and orderly tournament just got about 50% quieter.
Peter Hedlund, all in:
Michael Aron, covering him by a very wide margin:
Hedlund: "I'm out soon. Unless you put a queen, once in the world."
Board:
Hedlund: "The only guy in the world I can push with that against, because you made that stupid play." [Apologies, but we don't recall witnessing whatever "stupid play" Hedlund was referring to.]
Aron: shrug.
Hedlund wandered off, perhaps to investigate whether the refreshments table had magically sprouted beers. It had not, and after a moment he returned. He announced, "F***ing unnecessary," then went on to repeat verbatim his earlier statement about Aron being the only person in the world he could push against, and finally asked him, "Did you think I had aces?"
Aron, now looking weary: "I did not think you had aces."
Either way, Hedlund eventually left, and Aron is our current chip leader on a commanding 125,000.