Bekavac's Stack Booming Again
Dan Bekavac was a late casualty in Day 1a, but he's built the biggest stack in the room so far in Day 1b.
He passed along a pair of recent hand to the live reporting team that helped send him into the chip lead.
According to the four-time MSPT champion, he raised in early position with 
and got 6 callers.
He then checked a flop of 
and saw a player behind him bet 400, followed by a raise to 2,000 and a call.
Bekavac then raised to 10,000 and got a call from the original bettor and one other caller.
The turn brought the 
and Bekavac bet 7,000. With just 1,800 behind, his first opponent called and the other folded.
The river brought the 
to give Bekavac his flush and eliminate his opponent.
Shortly after that, Bekavac got pocket kings in preflop against his opponent's ace-king, and after a clean runout, another 32,000 was added to Bekavac's stack, which has now hit the 200,000 chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
201,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
brought no help to Wicks, who surrendered most of his stack to Baumann, before being eliminated shortly afterward.
, a player in late position bet 1,200, a player in early position check-raised to 3,500, and Paulson called the 3,500. The late position player then moved all in for almost 25,000. The player in early position folded after some thought, but Paulson had an easy decision and called.
