Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Cohen Chips Up

Level 6 (Blinds 250/500/50)
Total Day 1B Entries: 177

Jesse Cohen

Jesse Cohen just added about 20,000 chips to his stack over at Table 80.

Sitting UTG+2 and facing a pre-flop raise to 1,100 from UTG+1, Cohen re-raised to 2,600, forcing everyone except the original raiser out of the hand.

Flop: J♥9♣5♦

Cohen called his opponent's bet of 3,625.

Turn: 3♠

Cohen again flat-called UTG+1's bet. This time it was for 12,000.

Both players checked the 2♣ on the river, and UTG+1 announced, "I missed." (Perhaps an open-ended straight draw?)

Cohen turned up Q♥J♠, and his top pair was good enough for the win.

After that hand, we also had our first, "Hey blogger, I guarantee I'm gonna win this thing" of the day.

We didn't get the name of the player making the claim at the adjoining table, but we're sure we'll find out at the final table.

Players are about to take their second 15-minute break of the day, during which the Green 25 chips will be removed from play.