Event 19: Alex Foxen Out to Another Early Lead

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 3
Level 1: 50/100

On the turn of a 9d4s3cAs board, Aaron Mermelstein checked, Alex Foxen bet 875, and Mermelstein check-raised to 2,300. Foxen called.

The river was the 8d, and Mermelstein checked. Foxen bet 4,350, exactly half of what his opponent had left. Mermelstein spent a couple minutes in the tank, then surrendered his cards into the muck. Foxen won the pot, opening up a lead of nearly 2:1 in this second game.

Alex Foxen – 15,300
Aaron Mermelstein – 8,700