Robert Welch Goes from Worst to First

The action starts off with a blind raise from under the gun by Joseph Rossi and Dan Chalifour raises to 1,600. Robert Welch calls in the hijack and Ren Lin raises 6,500 from the small blind. Rossi folds, Chalifour calls, and Welch jams around 70,000. Lin calls for his stack of around 60,000 and Chalifour puts in his 35,300.

Dan Chalifour:
Ren Lin:
Robert Welch:

The dealer fans out and Lin is leading the way with his kicker. An turn brings some chops outs but the avoids the chop and sends all of the chips to Welch, dropping two runners in the process.

Robert Welch – 165,000 (550 bb)
Ren Lin – Eliminated
Dan Chalifour – Eliminated