Wilkie Climbing Back Near Six Figures
Level 5
: 150/300, 300 ante
Steve Wilkie had appeared to lost a relatively small amount of chips before getting involved in a recent pot.
Terry Harper limped in from early position and a player in middle position limped behind. The hijack then pumped it up to 1,500. Steve Wilkie called on the button and both Harper and the other limper stuck around.
The flop fell 
and action checked to Wilkie , who bet 4,000 and received three folds in short succession to bring him back to around 98,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
27,800
-14,600
|
-14,600 |
with just shy of 30,000 in the pot from preflop action. The small blind checked, putting action onto Nick Pupillo, who was in middle position and also checked. Next to act was Joe Bartholdi and he checked to the cutoff, who was the final player in the hand and bet 15,000.
. Pupillo checked again and his opponent checked behind.
and Pupillo asked to see his opponent's stack. He then threw out a bet of 15,000, just shy of an effective all-in bet. The cutoff thought for a bit and then verbalized a call.
for a flopped set of aces and raked in the massive pot, bringing him up near the top of the leader board as Level 5 comes to a close.
. Tryba fired a continuation-bet of 1,500 and his opponent called.
and Tryba flung out another 4,500. His opponent folded and he raked in the pot.
to give him three outs at Broadway, but Gonzales remained on top as the turn 
and river 
hit the felt.
