Welch Close to a Million
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People that believe in luck may want to give Ryan Welch a rub today. After his earlier dismissal of David Singer in a 500,000-chip pot, Welch was recently involved in a 650,000-chip pot with Jared Hamby. Hamby opened in middle position for 15,500 and was re-raised by Welch to 41,000. When action came back to Hamby, he instantly pushed his whole stack of 320,000 into the middle. Welch just as instantly called with 
. Hamby showed 
and was left in the uncomfortable spot of needing to catch an ace (or better) to stay in the tournament.
The board never gave Welch a sweat, 
. His king stayed in the lead the whole way to send Hamby to the rail. Welch is now leading the tournament with approximately 960,000 chips.