Easy Money
Terry Jordon often starts tournaments in top gear, flying into pots and playing a high variance game in order to chip up early or rebuy should problems occur. It's the former that is happening so far here on Day 1b, and he just won another pot to reach over 50,000 chips.
Raising to 1,200 from early position, Jordon got three callers to a flop of 
. He continued the betting, leading for 2,600 and this time, only one caller came along for the ride in the big blind. The turn of 
led to to two checks, as did the river of 
, whereupon Jordon turned over 
. That was good enough, and as his opponent mucked his cards, Jordon quipped: "Easy money. Easy chips, there."
While Jordon is at the upper end of the chip counts, he's not at Oscar Kirby's level. the young man who dropped below starting stack early has almost quadrupled his stack in Level 4, and approaching the break is leading the way on 86,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
51,200
51,200
|
51,200 |