Strong Start for Fielder

Jeff Fielder has enjoyed a great start to this event, getting his stack up to 29,000 from it's original 20,000. We just caught a hand that helped him pad that stack.

Fielder started the action by raising to 350 in the cutoff, and he got a call from the button and the big blind. The flop came down , and it was checked to Fielder, who put out a c-bet of 500. The button folded, but the big blind came along to see the hit the turn. Both players checked, and the river brought the .

It was checked to Fielder again, who assembled a big bet of 1,650, and slid it into the middle. It didn't take long for that bet to produce a fold. and Fielder was all smiles as he took in another pot.