Event 4: DeRosa Busts Vargas

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 12:  Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante

Paul DeRosa
Paul DeRosa

With AhKc2h on the board, Paul DeRosa (Lutz, FL) was all-in got ~60k and had Rolando Vargas in the tank.

Rolando was covered, so the call for him would be all-in.  He agonized over the decision as the two bantered.  “Show me one if you fold,” said Paul.  “Do you really have Ace-ten?”.

Rolando eventually decided to call and really did have AsTd.  He saw the bad news when Paul tabled AcJh.  Rolando needed a Ten to survive.

The last two peeled off 7h4c and did not help.  Rolando was busted.  “Two hands….I had 100k and it was gone in two hands!” he said as he walked away.   Paul chipped up to about 140k.

The field has dropped to only 21 players, making the average stack 65k.