Big Stax 300 (Day 2): Lope Making Noise

Lope's Double Being Counted Out

Players are currently in break, but in the final hand before break we would see a blog worthy hand at Table 63.  Jospeh Lapitna (Toms River, NJ) opened the pot and the action folded around to Matthew Lope in the big blind.  The flop ran out 6 9 10, with Lope checking-raising a 40,000 bet from Lapinta to 100,000 (Lapinta called).  After the A on the turn, Lapinta shipped over Lope's turn bet and was called by Matthew.  The hands were tabled and it would be the 9 10 (top two) of Lope against the 7 8 (flopped straight) of Lapinta.  Lope's only hope was for the board to pair, and it did on the river with a 10, doubling him up to 1,200,000.

Players have just returned from break with the blinds in Level 22 going up to 10,000/20,000/3,000.