Hot Start For Richardson
Paul Richardson's stack was already growing, but added a significant amount more following a hand with Aaron Messmer.
Preflop action started with a raise from the cutoff to 700 and a call from Messmer on the button. The small blind also called, but then Richardson squeezed to 4,000 from the big blind.
After the cutoff folded, Messmer called and the small blind folded, leaving the pot heads-up.
The flop came 
and Richardson continued for 2,600, which Messmer called.
On the 
turn, Richardson sized up to 11,500 and again got a call from Messmer.
After a board-pairing 
fell on the river, Richardson moved all in for Messmer's last 20,500 which sent him deep into the tank.
After a couple of minutes of deliberation, Messmer folded to send the pot across the table to Richardson, who is already approaching the six-figure mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
99,500
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
20,500
20,500
|
20,500 |
, double pairing the board. Action was again checked to Stewart, who bet another 2,000.
putting a full house of nines full of sixes on the board. This time Stewart sized up to 16,500 and after some brief thought, Ramani called.
with the last remaining nine in the deck for quads and the winner. 
, then tossed his cards into the muck as Stewart took down a nice pot.
flop, Arguelles bet 8,000 into the 7,600 chip pot. 
