It Was Just a Mattern of Patience
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Despite being desperately short stacked, Arnaud Mattern has displayed the patience of a chess master today, and has duly been rewarded for his efforts.
With the action folding around to him in the cut-off, Mattern looked down at 
and moved all in for 106,000. After requesting a count, Clint Coffee made the call in the small blind with 
.
The dealer then rolled out the three community cards: 
. The devil in me prayed for the 
, but the 
was even better for the former EPT winner. He even received a celebratory pat on the back from his masseuse, perhaps signifying that the Frenchman is a good tipper!
An academic 
river later and the pot made its way over to Mattern, whilst a disappointed Coffee was left to count his now 330,000 stack.
"I'm not very good at winning races," he sighed.