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Fletcher Eliminates Two to Grow Lead
It's hard not to cover Arron Fletcher's meteoric rise in the first four levels (although why is it meteoric, they plummet to the surface of a planet!) as the London-based player is up to 90,000 chips, having started with 25,000 just two hours ago.
After seeing one player call, and the player in the cut-off make it 2,200 pre-flop, Fletcher raised to 8,000 in the big blind. The original caller shoved all-in for 11,000 and the player in the cut-off re-shoved for 18,025. Fletcher called both of them, turning over 
. He was behind the original caller's 
but ahead of the cut-off's 
.
The flop of 
put Fletcher ahead, but on the turn of 
, Fletcher fell behind. After asking the dealer politely for a jack, however, one landed on the river and Fletcher had busted two opponents, raking in easily the biggest stack in the room. Incredible.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |