“The King of Poker”

Mikael Azoulay

The full action is unknown, but it is certain that the chips went to Mikael Azoulay. After some heavy preflop action, the Frenchman from under the gun and Daniyel Destici then checked the :::7d:::Kd:::Qh flop. On the :::4h turn, Azoulay grabbed enough chips to push his opponent all in and the Swede had a decision ahead.

"Impossible to fold. If you fold, you are the king of poker," Azoulay said and then called time on his opponent shortly after. "Okay I call," Destici said before the floor could arrive and then turned over his :::8s:::8h for his last 21,300 chips. Azoulay had that beat with :::Kh{10c} and the blank :::Qd completed the board.

The Frenchman also three-bet shortly after when a newly arrived player opened and called the shove of a short stack. The situation was more tricky though, as the new player had called the three-bet to 3,800 but never saw the shove of the shortie … . It was ruled that he can call or fold but must forfeit the 3,800 chips already invested either way.

Azoulay lost the heads-up pot against the shortie with :::Ks:::5d versus :::Ah:::2h.

Mikael Azoulay 175,000 55,000
Daniyel Destici 0