Raising Racener
Level 7
: 150/300, 25 ante
2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener has been steadily building his stack all day, having crept up over the 30,000-chip mark.
Just now came a hand in which a player opened for 650 from middle position, Racener reraised to 1,800 from the cutoff, then the big blind called all in with the 1,350 he had left. The original raiser folded, the big blind showed 
, and Racener turned over 
.
The board came 
, and Racener's opponent survived. Racener still has about 31,000 as we near the end of Level 7.