Staszko Starts Well
Martin Staszko has gotten off to a quick start here at the secondary feature table, taking the first two hands following the redraw.
On the first one, Staszko opened with a raise to 425,000 from the button and got a caller in Khoa Nguyen from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn brought the and a couple more checks.
The river was the . Nguyen checked, and Staszko didn't waste too much time before betting a hefty 1.08 million. Nguyen sat in thought, moving his chips around as he considered what to do. Finally Nguyen called.
Staszko showed for queens and nines, and Nguyen mucked, dropping to about 11.5 million.
Staszko opened with a raise to 425,000 from the cutoff on the next hand as well, and claimed the blinds and antes. He's up to about 6.15 million.