Hands #76-81 Del Vecchio Bluffs With Eight-High
Hand #76: Espen Solaas completed the small blind with 
, Mike Del Vecchio raised up 
to 325,000 in the big blind and Solaas called. The flop came down 
and Solaas checked. Del Vecchio continued with 225,000 and Solaas called with his king-high.
Solaas connected huge with the 
on the turn and checked. Del Vecchio, with the same straight draw, fired a second barrel worth 575,000. Solaas called with the best hand to see the 
roll off on the river. Solaas checked and Del Vecchio, holding just eight-high, emptied the clip with a bet of 1,400,000. Solaas gave it up.
Hand #77: Chul-Hyon Park opened to 225,000 under the gun with 
and Toby Lewis defended 
from the big blind. Both players checked the 
flop. The 
on the turn prompted an overbet of 675,000 from Lewis and Park folded.
Hand #78: Solaas raised to 225,000 in the cutoff with 
, Lewis flat-called 
from the small blind and Park defended 
in the big blind. Lewis flopped top pair on 
and it got checked around. The on the turn kept Lewis in the lead and he picked up the pot with a bet.
Hand #79: This time, Solaas opened to 200,000 from under the gun with 
, and all other players folded quickly.
Hand #80: Solaas got a walk while holding 
.
Hand #81: Lewis raised to 200,000 from under the gun with 
. From the small blind, Solaas three-bet shoved 
for 2,550,000. Lewis had a serious decision and settled on a fold after two minutes of thought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,080,000 | 1,145,000 |
|
6,445,000 | -30,000 |
|
4,860,000 | 745,000 |
|
2,895,000 | -1,555,000 |
|
2,720,000 | -355,000 |