Bob Lauria began today on the short stack, but he is working in the right direction. On the second hand of the day, he tripled up in a three-way showdown. Shortly thereafter, he and Marcel Luske got into a pot. They traded bets all the way to seventh street. On the final card, Lauria moved all in for his last 12,000, and Luske let his hand go. Lauria showed trip aces, and nearly doubled up again. He has chipped up from 40,000 to 270,000 in just a matter of minutes.