Mattern of the Tide
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Arnaud Mattern's fortunes have been somewhat up and down since the start of the day. After finding his stack bisected in the first level, he found himself up to a well above average 45,000 - and then right back down to a below average 29,000.
First the up - Mattern opened with the classic raising hand 
and was reraised by a player whom he later described as a "nit". Mattern check-called 3,000 on the 
flop and then both players checked on the bricky turn. The 
river brought in Mattern's flush and he finally bet out 6,500 which his opponent called, and then mucked his hand.
But then came the down - Mattern lost what he would only describe as a coinflip, and is now back down to 29,000. He's now headed off to dinner, along with half the field.