Normand on the Rise
Level 29
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Frederic Normand defended his big blind against Dennis Weiss, who had tossed in a pot-sized raise to 420,000 from the cutoff. Normand then checked to Weiss, who continued for 340,000 on the 6♣5♠A♦ flop.
Normand thought for a while before he raised to 920,000, forcing Weiss to fold and taking down the pot.
The next hand, Normand limped in from the small blind. Rocky Paradise checked his big blind and called when Normand made the minimum bet of 120,000 on the 6♣2♥A♣ flop.
Normand sized up to 300,000 on the 9♦ turn. Paradise had seen enough and quickly mucked, remaining the short stack at the table.