Kessler Starts with Bad Luck
Hold'em
Allen Kessler came into Day 2 as a Top 10 chip stack but suffered a small setback in the first orbit. He and short-stacked Jorge Crespo got into a pre-flop raising war, with Crespo calling all in after Kessler made the fourth raise. Kessler turned over the pre-flop nuts,
, and was in great shape against
-- especially after the flop came
. But the turn
filled one half of a running straight draw for Crespo, and the river
filled the other half. Crespo made a 7-high straight to collect the pot and double up.