How Much Did You Get for Your Soul?

Presenting Mr. Vladimir Geshkenbein, apparently one of God’s favourites – or somebody’s favourite, anyway…

Geshkenbein: :::Kd :::Ks
Philippe Bernanose: all in with :::Qh :::Qd

Board: :::5c :::7c :::4d :::2d :::Td

Bernanose was left with nothing, and resultantly left the tournament. Geshkenbein – who most uncharacteristically seems to be drinking only water, unless he’s just emptied a bottle of vodka into a water bottle – is at 195,000, our current chip leader.

I understand that furthermore, Geshkenbein got his aces cracked a few hands later – but as luck would have it, his opponent was the table short stack, and Geshkenbein was barely dented. Must. Be. Nice.