Tough Going For Riordan
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The poker gods must be angry at John Riordan. Since returning from dinner, he's found the going awfully tough, and we're not sure we've seen him drag a single pot.
In the last hand, a player in middle postion open-shoved for 54,000, and Riordan quickly called with his big stack. When the rest of the table folded, Riordan spun his 
out onto the felt, and that was bad news for the at-risk player. He sheepishly tabled his inferior 
, and he asked the dealer for a deuce.
The 
flop was more or less a miss, but the 
turn was right in Mr. All-In's neighborhood. Riordan barely reacted at that card or the 
river, and he quietly cut the debt out from his stack and passed it across the table.
The defending champ is finding things a bit more difficult here in the evening session, and that hit knocks him back down to about 455,000. That's the beauty of building a monster stack early on, though, as Riordan can well afford to take a few little dings like that one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
455,000 | -100,000 |