Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Event 16 (Flight 1A): "Walter Walter" Picks One Off

Event 16 ($150 No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Level 14 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/300)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 57
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 13

"Walter Walter" is actually Waldemar Wasilewski (Deerfield Beach, FL), and he's currently climbing up the leaderboard.  Waldemar was on the river against Jason Lin, on a board reading 7♠ 9♣ A♣ A♠ 3♣, waiting on Lin's action (Waldemar had bet 15,000 into a pot over 33,000).  Lin sat for about three minutes, eventually putting together chips for a sizable raise, and pushing forward a stack worth 53,000.  Wasilewski was visibly bothered by the raise, but grabbed a stack of yellow (5,000) chips, and slammed them down for the call.

Lin immediately tossed his hand in the muck (without showing), meaning Waldemar would win the pot uncontested.  He did not have to show his hand, but the one thing that was evident, he picked off Lin's bluff attempt.  Wasilewski is now the second player to eclipse the 200,000 mark, and sits with almost double the chip average (with 13 players remaining in the flight).

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