Zimmerman Takes a Nice Lead
On the button, Raphael Zimmerman raised before Don McNamara reraised from the small blind. Zimmerman made the call. On the first draw, McNamara drew one and Zimmerman drew three.
"This didn't go well for me last time," said McNamara, referencing a time when Zimmerman drew four against him.
After the draw, McNamara bet and Zimmerman called. For the second draw, McNamara stood pat and Zimmerman drew two. McNamara then bet and was called.
On the third and final draw, McNamara was pat again and Zimmerman drew one. McNamara checked and Zimmerman checked behind. McNamara's wasn't good enough to beat the of Zimmerman and he dropped to 345,000 in chips. Zimmerman now has a solid lead on the field with 780,000 chips in his stack.