"That Was Tough"
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As I scoured the red section during the opening 10 minutes, there were piles of chips scattered on the table like molehills, various players yet to arrive but their bags emptied nonetheless. Just as I was calculating how long it would take Johnny Lodden to tidy the felt, I heard the first "all-in and a call" bellow from a few tables down.
Ashkan Razavi, a player who I'd covered finalling the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha, was all in for his tournament life with 
, whilst foe Randall Tagawa was holding the exit gun with .
On every street, Tagawa chanted what I think was "come on", and it certainly worked, the board coming a harmless 
to eliminate our first player of the day.
"That was tough," he added. "I didn't know what he was playing."