Riccobono Up Early
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Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
We had a chance to visit with friend of PokerNews Al Riccobono as he was involved in a pocket-padding pot at the tail end of the last level. Riccobono took a free flop with 
from the blinds, and he and his opponent check-checked through the 
flop. Riccobono check-called when his money 
hit the turn, and he took the betting lead with 1,000 more chips on the 
river. His opponent raised to 3,000, music to Riccobono's ears. He popped it back to 6,475, and his opponent reluctantly called.
"Nuts," Riccobono said, tabling his hand for all to see. Dragging that pot moves Al up to about 26,500 here in the early going.