Thijs Menco's Stack is Booming

Thijs Menco picked up the bluff of a player who moved all in on holding just for king-high. Menco held and sent the player to the rail.

The defending champion now sits on a whopping 170,000 chips, from a starting stack of just 25,000. Stay tuned to see if he can still contend for the chip lead at the end of Day 1a.