Championship Flight B: Russell Thomas Keeping Pace

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock RRPO Championship 
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 270 of 421

Greg Fishberg opened to 1,300 in early position, and Russell Thomas three-bet to 3,500 in the cutoff. Fishberg called.

The flop was 7c5d4d. Fishberg checked, Thomas bet 4,000, and Fishberg called. The turn was the Kc, and it checked to Thomas again, who bet 8,500. Fishberg asked to see Thomas’ chips — he had about a starting stack behind — then surrendered with a muck.

Thomas won that pot, putting him right around the chip average after joining the flight late. He’s trying to improve on his Day 1A performance, in which he was eliminated late in the day. His wife, Kitty Kuo, earned herself a day off today with a stack of 121,300 in the bag, and Mr. Thomas is trying to find a way to join her in the Day 2 field.

Russell Thomas – 55,000