Championship: Fiorenza with a Frenzy

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 4: Blinds 100/200/25 ante
Entries: 149

Vincent Fiorenza
Vincent Fiorenza

An innocuous flop of 9d8c2h leads to a bloated pot and a huge windfall for Vincent Fiorenza (Ovieda, FL).

After putting in 2,500 each, four players head to the turn.

Mike Lee (Brooksville, FL) leads for 7k on the 3h and gets calls from Tom Nguyen (Tampa, FL), Aria Siplia (Tampa, FL) and Fiorenza.

Lee checks the 7h on the river, Nguyen bets 10k and gets calls from Siplia and Fiorenza

“Let’s see ’em,” says the dealer after Lee folds.

Nguyen: 8h6h (flush)
Siplia: JxTx (straight)
Fiorenza: Th2h (winning flush)

Fiorenza wins the 75k pot to be among the chip leaders.

A few hands later, Fiorenza wipes out Hill, who says he had two pairs on the prior hand. Fiorenza flops a full house with 99 against Hill who hits top pair, top kicker on the turn with AdQdto lose his last 15k.

Fiorenza looks to continue his run good after taking home $56,501 as part of the 4-way chop in Event 7.

Players are heading to break with Fiorenza the chip leader at 117k.