Paul Gibbons Growing Huge Stack On Day 1
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During our rounds throughout the massive tournament area for today's record-setting Day 1, we spotted one chip stack that towered over any that we have seen so far.
Paul Gobbons has built his initial starting stack of 3,000 to over 17,000 chips in just the first three levels of play. When asked how he accomplished this, Gibbons reported that he "got lucky with 
against a guy with 
."
According to Gibbons, the player was extremely tight and after his three-bet from the button before the flop, Gibbons nearly decided to make his standard play of shoving all-in with this hand. He flat called, however, because "in this tournament, against the mainly non-internet players, I have to narrow his range much more here." Gibbons saw a flop with two diamonds and when he caught a third on the turn, his flush had cracked pocket rockets and the rush had begun.
After hearing Gibbons recount the hand in extreme detail, complete with dead-on strategic analysis, we have a feeling he will be more than capable of turning his big stack into a deep run here at the WSOP Seniors Championship.