Lights, Camera, Action.
With the cameras trained on Viktor Blom as he chatted to his friend Johnny Lodden, Jens Lakemeier was in a hand with him on a flop reading . Lakemeier led out for 400 and Blom made the call. The turn card saw a check from Lakemeier and when Blom threw out a bet of 650 Lakemeier folded.
Blom opened the next hand for 250 and when it folded to Lakemeier in the big blind he was undeterred and made the call. The two players saw a flop of . Checked to Blom who made a bet of 300 which Lakemeier called and they both checked the turn .
When the fell on the river Lakemeier changed tack and led out for 600. Blom weighed up the situation and flicked out the chips for a call. Lakemeier’s card headed straight for the muck however as he elected not to show and the pot headed Blom’s way.
Ziga Jamnikar, sitting next to Lakemeier, said sympathetically, “He’s too rich to bluff.”