Pacheco Checking Out The Competition
Four ways to flop with 2,000 chips committed to the pot by each player preflop, the board of 
was checked by Alfredo Pacheco and the other three players.
With the 
falling on the turn, Pacheco bet 3,900 chips and got a call from his direct left in the big blind. Bracelet winner Jeremy Wien got out of the way and so did the button.
Heads-up to a river 
, Pacheco and his opponent both checked and Pacheco took down the pot with 
as his opponent mucked.
A few hands later, Pacheco was at a flop of 
versus the same opponent, where he check-called a bet of approximately 4,000, creating a pot of 15,000.
The turn brought in the 
and Pacheco check-raised his opponent's turn bet of 7,000 to 27,000. After taking some time to deliberate, his opponent sent his cards into the muck.
''Did you have ace-queen?", Pacheco asked his opponent as he smiled and took down a sizeable pot. This Event #5: $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em is roughly equivalent to the Event #4: $500 The Reunion No-Limit Hold'em in which he finished 22nd last year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 85,000 |