Riches For Richey
A player opened to 700 and Brett Richey called from the cutoff. The button flung out a call and the player in the small blind moved her stack of roughly 10,000 all in. The big blind and the original raiser got out of the way and action was back on Richey.
After about thirty seconds, Richey called and the button released his hands, prompting the two to turn their cards over:
Richey: 
Opponent: 
The board fell 
and Richey's nines were able to hold, earning him the pot and reducing the field by one. Richey is currently sitting on about 38,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | 15,500 |
. Unfortunately for that player, he was behind the 
of Andrew Nguyen.
flop when the pocket queens made a set. The 
turn brought Nguyen both straight and flush outs to win the hand.
peeled off on fifth street. After he scooped the pot and stacked his chips, we clocked Nguyen at having around 50,000 in chips.
for a flush and Wright shot up out of his chair.
on the table for a turned straight. The dealer collected his cards and threw them face down in the muck and awarded Wright's opponent the pot. With this loss, Wright is now sporting a stack of about 14,000.
and both checked through to the 
turn. The early-position player check-called 1,600 from Selbst to see the 
river. Both players checked and the early-position player tabled 
turn and did the same on the 
for a pair of eights and was able to take down the pot, bringing him to 20,000 in chips.
for the nut straight. Pilgrim showed the table that he held 
