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Correction: Oops, I didn’t Suck Out on Olga

by , Jul 25, 2006 | 9:10 pm

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LAS VEGAS–Last week I reported getting a lot of chips in the $1,500 NLH event by cracking Olga Varkonyi’s aces (and a flopped set of jacks) with my pocket 10s. Not the case. I probably misidentified her because I thought it would sound cooler. And I thought that TBR had knocked her out of last year’s main event, which I thus figured we could use to turn the Batfaces into her true nemeses. But upon checking facts with TBR, it turned out he didn’t knock her out either — he was just sitting at her table when that happened. Huh. Interesting.

So with Olga out of the equation, the lovely long-dark-hair lady whose dreams I presumably crushed on the turn was actually Michele Lewis, a pro from Houston. Michele was actually the first woman to make a final table in the 2006 WSOP. And she has cashed three times thus far. That’s better than I have done.


Here’s Olga. The main picture in this post is of Michele. (Did I mention she’s pretty and talented?)

Pokerati regrets the error. The misidentification one, not the bad play with my TT vs. her AA.

Thanks Sarah Bilney for setting the record straight!


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5 Comments to “Correction: Oops, I didn’t Suck Out on Olga”


  1. Michele Lewis     says:
    July 26th, 2006 at 4:13pm

    Awwww, did you mention how sweet you are?


  2. DanM     says:
    July 27th, 2006 at 11:37am

    Michele, I know you are married, but perhaps you could become my new Clonie?


  3. Michele Lewis     says:
    July 27th, 2006 at 12:20pm

    Ha, Ha! You are too funny! I’ll ask my husband. 🙂


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