06-15-2009 18:36 UTC-12

Round One Goes to Stokes

[user66118]

Jamin Stokes raised to 80,000 from the button, and Leo Wolpert made the call. The flop came down {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{Q-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

. Both players checked.

Fourth street came the {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

. Wolpert checked, and Stokes fired out 100,000, which was called.

The river was the {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

. Stokes again checked, then called another 220,000 chips. He tabled {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{10-Hearts}

and watched Wolpert muck his hand. With these two players now all alone on the sprawling felt, the first sizable confrontation has gone to Stokes. He's also taken a slight lead with that pot as the two continue to pass it back and forth.

Stokes - 2,024,000
Wolpert - 1,816,000