Chop Chop for Raskin
You may not recognize the name Micah Raskin, but he has been on quite the heater in 2013. He already has two six figure scores, taking 3rd in the $25,000 High Roller at LAPC last month. He also finished 8th at the $25,000 high roller in PCA in January. He also took home the A$5,000 6-max turbo event at the Aussie Millions for just under $80,000. Well he's riding the momentum of those tournaments today as he's off to a great start here in today's event.
We just caught Raskin in a hand on the turn, with the board reading 
. Raskin and his opponent both checked, and the river was the 
. Raskin's opponent fired 3,500 into the pot, which had about 6,000 in it, and Raskin went into the tank. Eventually, he gave his chips a kiss before putting them in, and he tabled 
for eights full of aces.
His opponent showed 
for a chopped pot, and each player collected half the chips in the middle. After that hand, Raskin is one of our chip leaders, now sitting on 65,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
29,000
|
29,000 |