Puttin' on the Ritzie
Move over, Dan Shak. There's something leaner. Joe Ritzie is our new chip leader after doubling through Chris Bell in what our colleague change100 would call a "monsterpotten". The pot was limped four-ways for 24,000 each pre-flop, with Erik Seidel, David Ulliott, Bell and Ritzie all in there. Action on the flop checked to Bell, who bet 90,000. Ritzie raised pot to 366,000, quickly clearing out Seidel and Ulliott. Bell then moved all in and Ritzie called all in for 471,000 total.
Ritzie: , a set of nines and a low draw
Bell: , a pair of sixes, some straight draws, and a better low draw
It was "vaffles" for Bell as the turn and river came and to give Ritzie a scooper for the whole pot. Our gorilla math now puts Ritzie at 1,036,000, while Bell is rocking a much-depleted stack of 200,000.