Chainsaw Chipping Up Early

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Allen Kessler is sitting on 45,000 chips - more than twice the starting stack - and pulled us aside to tell us how he doubled.

According to Chainsaw, he opened for a raise preflop with two sixes and received four callers. The flop was , Kessler put out a continuation bet, and two players called.

The turn was a , Kessler fired 1,250, and a player "who was bragging about playing $20/$50" raised to 4,800. Kessler called, and the two were heads up going to the river.

The river card was a blank, and the player moved all in for 16,000. Kessler called, saying that it was "too weird for him to have a straight," and the player showed down .