Bardah Starting Nicely
Ronnie Bardah raised from the hijack seat to 450 and the small blind made the call. The flop came down and the small blind checked to Bardah. He checked behind.
The turn brought the and the small blind fired 750. Bardah tossed in the call before the dealer placed the down on the river. The small blind checked and Bardah fired 2,200. His opponent folded the claiming, "These aren't good anymore," and Bardah won the pot.
Bardah is a Brockton, Massachusetts native who cut his teeth in poker along the East Coast in cardrooms such as Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods along with Atlantic City. Bardah's got nearly $115,000 in career tournament winnings, mostly from small buy-in events in states that border the Atlantic Ocean. His largest flat out win came back in August of 2007 when he won the $500 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Empire State Hold'em Championships. Bardah has played the WSOP Main Event a few times, but has never made it to the money. He'll surely be looking to get that monkey off his back this year and is off to a nice start, up to 41,000 in chips.