The Big Check Raise

Albert Daher busted as one of the first players today, but so far the choice to re enter has been a good one. He's leading this tournament at the moment, having already gathered 130,000 in chips. We just saw him win a big hand to get to this many chips.

Daher check called a 2,000 bet on , and check called another 5,000 on the -turn. The river was the and Daher checked again. His opponent bet out 7,500, and without much hesitation Daher made it 28,500. His opponent thought about it for some time, and eventually mucked.

Daher slammed on the table, and started gathering chips again. He won the next hand as well, and added even more chips to his already impressive stack.