Lococo Cracks Aces, Top 10 in Chips

Matt O'Halloran

Level 13 : Blinds 450/900, 110 ante

Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo opened to 1,890 from the button. "Giorgos9293" three bet to 6,300 from the small blind. Once the big blind got out of the way, Lococo put in the call.

On the J?3?9? flop, the three better continued for 4,314 and was again called by Lococo.

On the 7? turn, "Giorgos9293" again led, but this time with a min-bet of just 900. Lococo put in a raise to 11,250 and got called. With 45,508 in the middle, the 4? completed the board on the river. "Giorgos9293", the small stack of the two with 68,906 behind, checked to Lococo who moved all in. He got a call and the card faces went skyward.

"Giorgos9293": A?A?
Alejandro "[Papo]AR" Lococo: 8?10?

Lococo had been dominated preflop, roughly a 4:1 dog in the hand. The flop gave him an open-ended straight draw, but still left him worse than a 2:1 dog. The 7? turn had given Lococo the straight, more than enough to crack his opponent's aces, the 4? river for the flush was nothing more than gravy. This 183,320 chip pot launched Lococo into chip lead contention, currently sitting in 10th place among the nearly 7,600 players remaining in the field.