Chronis Puts the Foot Down
In the first hand, Chronis raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and Barny Boatman was the three-bettor, making it 115,000 to go from the button. Chronis called. The flop was and both checked. The turn was the and Chronis moved all in at the pot in a massive overbet. Boatman sighed and folded face up.
A few moments later, Chronis was raising again, this time to 35,000 from under the gun with Stewart Scott and Dixon Ruecker calling in the blinds. The flop was and Scott checked to Ruecker, who fired 120,000. Chronis called and Scott stepped aside. The turn was the , and both checked to see the fall on the river. Ruecker checked to Chronis, who fired a healthy 300,000 into the middle. Ruecker gave it up and Chronis collected another uncontested pot. He's now back up to around 1.08 million chips.