He might not be as lightning-quick on his feet as Usain Bolt, but Patrik Antonius still has a fine set of running legs on him, as evidenced by his Instagram tales during EPT Monte Carlo – the highstakes star turning into the Flying Finn as he overdid the dinner break and had to leg it back to the final table in double-quick time.
For some reason Antonius decided to ‘eat out’ during a break in the $4.5million Main Event at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort and had to high-tail it back to see if he could turn his deep run into a historic victory, the cameraman in the clip deserving kudos for keeping up and keeping it steady along the way.
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Victory wasn’t awaiting the Finnish legend, however, his shortstack finally falling into the hands of the winner, Paris driving school instructor Nicolas Dumont, who walked off with a life-changing €712,000 ($861,673) and a $30K Platinum Pass to the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure.
Antonius, who added the princely sum €139,050 ($168,280) to his $13million+ in career tournament earnings, still looked devastated in his post-exit interview, but thanked his supporters and promised to be back soon with another run at the biggest titles on offer.
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Along with fellow old-school highroller Gus Hansen, Antonius’ Instagram offerings are an excellent insight into the day-to-day life of a major poker celebrity, the duo teaming up in Barcelona last month…
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Thankfully the poker legends are now spending much more time at the tables, bringing some much-needed character back into the game rather than the novelty effect of athletes and comedians we’ve had to endure recently…
…although it would be a brave man who would bet on the Hansen/Antonius pairing against the celebrity duo of Usain Bolt and Kevin Hart in a real running race…