Defending Champion Tudor Purice Building a Stack

Photo: Tudor Purice

No fewer than six players see the flop in a single raised pot. Action is checked to Ali Okhovat on the button, who slides out a bet of 3,500. Only Tudor Purice in the hijack and Joshua Marquardt in the cutoff make the call.

The turn brings the , and Purice leads with a bet of 8,500, with only Marquardt sticking around.

The river completes the board and is checked through. Purice shows for the rivered one-card queen-high straight, while Marquardt sighs and flashes the while he mucks.

Defending champion Purice moves over the 200,000 mark and will surely have his sights set on another deep run in this event.

Tudor Purice – 208,000 (260 bb)
Joshua Marquardt – 51,500 (64 bb)
Ali Okhovat – 43,000 (53 bb)