Lukashaugen Can't Lose!
Tore Lukashaugen was down to just 205,000 when he open-pushed from the button with and got one caller in Mauro Stivoli who held in the big blind.
Lukashaugen stood and watched as the dealer delivered the five community cards: . "Good game," he said as the river was dealt, and took one step away. Then he realized he'd made a straight. "Can't even read the board!" he said sheepishly as he was delivered his double-up. That one left Stivoli with about 780,000.
A few hands later Lukashaugan was all in again against Stivoli, having shoved the 432,000 he had from the cutoff with and gotten called by Stivoli holding in the small blind. This time the board came … ! Another saving river card for Lukashaugan, who had no trouble identifying it as such the second time.
Now Lukashaugan is up around the 900,000-chip mark, while Stivoli has fallen to about 400,000.