Chop It Up!
Pratyush Buddiga opened for 3,500 under the gun, Rono Lo called from the button, Dov Malnik called from the small blind, and Thomas Muehloecker called from the big blind.
All four of them checked the 
flop and 
turn. The river came the 
and both blinds checked to Buddiga. He bet out 6,000 and Lo raised it up to 13,000. Malnik and Muehloecker folded, Buddiga three-bet to 31,000. Lo smiled, doubled checked the board one more time, and announced all in. Buddiga called and already knew what time it was.
Buddiga showed 
while Lo tabled 
. Both played the nuts and both got half the chips in the pot.
Lo must have been responsible for one of the bust outs today, as he's the owner of a stack already well over 500,000. Buddiga, despite gaining some chips in this pot, is one of the smaller stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000 | |
|
70,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |