Mike Allen Chipping Up
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Mike Allen, an employee at Green Valley Ranch here in Las Vegas, was able to force a player all in on a board holding . He was well ahead of his opponents and stayed ahead with a on the turn and on the river.
Shortly after, Cory Neely squeezed two limpers with a button raise to 1,250 but Allen was right there with to move all in and force Neely off the pot. With the two hands, Allen increased his stack to 11,500.
Neely is himself a dealer and will be seen around the Rio this summer working for the WSOP. He still has a healthy stack, sitting at about 15,000.