Big Stax 300 (Day 1A): "What A Hand Man"

Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100)
Total Day 1A Entries: 224

Rajesh Desai (Randolph, NJ)

Nobody loves hearing hands histories after the fact more than poker bloggers...well maybe that's a little exaggeration.  Just as players were heading to break, Rajesh Desai (Randolph, NJ) walked over to media row to tell the story of his most recent pot.

Rajesh was holding Q♠ 10♥ on a flop of Q♣ 10♣ 4♦, and after a bet from his opponent in a heads up pot, Desai shoved for 85,000.  Desai said he was hoping to get his adversary off a flush draw, but it just wasn't going to happen.  Raj was called by A♣ K♣, and needed to fade the combo draw (with overs).  The turn and river would indeed run out clean, and Desai headed to break with 175,000.

There were also some new faces to mention that arrived just before or during break, including Sean Wallace, Alex Rocha, Anthony Garofalo, and Megan Milburn.