Dandrea Dominating Since Dinner
Raymond Dandrea was lucky to get to the dinner break after hitting his straight draw against Brandon Cantu earlier, and he is making the most of this opportunity, as he is now one of the chip leaders. On a flop of 
, Dandrea checked to his lone opponent, who fired out 16,000. Dandrea check raised to 35,000, and his opponent called. The turn came the 
, and Dandrea decided to lead out for 50,000 this time. His opponent moved all in, and Dandrea snap called.
Dandrea: 
Opponent: 
Dandrea had flopped the nuts, and his opponent was drawing dead. That hand boosted his stack up to nearly 500,000.
A few hands later, he took another big pot off of Allen Carter, when he turned two pair, and got paid off on the river. After that hand, he is now over 600,000, while Allen Carter is in big trouble, with around 80,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
80,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
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