WSOP - Martin 'Michelin' Stalros

Here's one guy that has slept incredibly well last night. The reason? I won the first mega satellite that all the Ladbrokes qualifiers are playing over here in Sin City.

If you don’t know me, chances are you have never been to a Ladbrokes tournament yet since I’m almost as regular on those as s7eve. Now this is a story about having great timing and about knowing what will hit the board before the flop, turn and river even are dealt in other words, being a Swede. But before that, this was the payout structure.

1st to 7th: WSOP main event package 8th: Killarney package (which is a Ladbrokes tournament in Ireland. This was an added prize from Ladbrokes and as usual we are getting world-class treatment on these trips, thanks guys! BTW, I went to Killarney last year with Laddies luckboxes Macccio and KungLui, we had a blast and I must say I think this is an event I’m going to try to be at for many years to come) 9th: 500 dollars consolation prize.

Now, this is how i made $10,200 yesterday. First of all I actually had some bad luck when we were about 16-12 players left and lost two giant pots that definitely would make me secure to win a package, but after these hands and as soon as the final table started Lady Luck and I had a fling that would make most teenagers jealous. With 9 people left I'm really short stacked and pushed all in from the button to try to pick up the blinds, big blind gets in the tank and after a couple of minutes I hear the words I don’t want to hear. "I call". I flip over J4 and he shows A9. Well, time to do whatever my tournament guru _Dolly_ has thought me to do in these kind of situations. Suck out the other guy as bad as possible. Flop KQT, turn 7, river the most wonderful 4 I’ve seen in my life.

Two hands later and I'm all in against some poor Dane again. I’m holding AQ and he got the cowboys, KK. Flop 623, turn 4, river A. DIIIING!!! The Dane is sent to the rail with 500 bucks and I’ve been on his side so many times I know how he's feeling and for a while I felt really bad for him. This I’m not sure of but I’m guessing those $500 he got for ninth place hit the craps tables before he got to the taxi line to go from RIO to Caesars. After this pot i got up to 100k and just ordered a stiff vodka Red Bull and leaned back.

Ok, this just shows you Brits what you already knew. Swedes are lucky. But we are not just only lucky, were awful as well, and were outdrawing you on the river and what I’m actually trying to say here is. If you are in a qualifier and a Swede is moving all in on you, think twice before calling because we are born with a horseshoe up our behinds!

Looking forward to see you all at Killarney in a couple of months. And unlucky Danish guy, pints are on me if you’re going!

Regards Michelin