Hands #158-162: Curcio Receives a Sweat on the First Hand
Hand #158: Francis Anderson raised to 250,000 from the hijack and Joe Curcio shipped all in for 1,540,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Anderson quickly called to put Curcio at risk.
Francis Anderson: 
Joe Curcio: 
It looked inevitable that the pot would be chopped but the flop of 
gave Curcio a flush draw. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river changed nothing as the two players took their chips back.
Hand #159: Jared Koppel opened to 250,000 in the hijack and Joseph Liberta called from the small blind. The flop came 
and Liberta check-folded to a bet of 175,000 from Koppel.
Hand #160: The action folded to Roman Korenev in the small blind who announced all in. Francis Anderson quickly folded his big blind and Korenev took the pot.
Hand #161: Joe Curcio opened to 250,000 from under the gun and Jared Koppel defended from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the 
landed on the turn. Koppel led out for 175,000 and Curcio mucked his cards.
Hand #162: The action folded around to Joe Curcio in the small blind who had minimal work to do to win the pot with Dong Sheng Peng still missing in the big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,800,000 | 1,100,000 |
|
5,500,000 | -300,000 |
|
3,300,000 | -10,000 |
|
3,300,000 | -395,000 |
|
2,100,000 | -440,000 |
|
1,200,000 | -340,000 |