Hands #70-73: Rice Doubles
Hand #70: Travis Rice limped the button and it folded to Jason Helder who checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down and Helder led for 250,000. Rice made it 675,000 to go, only to have Helder three-bet ship. Rice called for 2.32 million total and the hands were tabled.
Helder:
Rice:
Rice was in the lead with top pair and a flush draw and stayed that way through the turn and river.
Hand #71: Rice limped the cutoff, Helder completed his small blind, and Khoa Nguyen checked from the big blind. The flop came down and there were two checks to Rice. He bet 125,000 and both of his opponents folded.
Hand #72: Rice limped, Nguyen completed his small blind, and Chris Drake raised to 520,000 from the big blind. Both of his opponents folded and he took down the pot preflop.