Eddy Mroczkowski Rides the Short-Stacked Roller Coaster For a Few Hands

Photo:  Eddy Mroczkowski

Eddy Mroczkowski raises under the gun, Hyong Lee reraises from the hijack to 8,000, and Mroczkowski calls, leaving himself with 15,000 behind.

Both players check to the river on a board of . Mroczkowski bets 4,500, and Lee thinks for a while before he raises to 15,000, which is just enough to put Mroczkowski all in.

Mroczkowski folds, and Lee takes the pot.

Hyong Lee  –  170,000  (113 bb)
Eddy Mroczkowski  –  10,500  (7 bb)

The next hand, Alan Franco raises under the gun to 3,000, James Carroll calls from the hijack, the small blind calls, and Mroczkowski calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , and it checks to Franco, who bets 5,000. Everyone else folds, and Franco takes the pot. (Mroczkowski drops down to just four big blinds.)

Alan Franco  –  40,500  (27 bb)
Eddy Mroczkowski  –  6,000  (4 bb)

The next hand, the player in the hijack raises to 3,500, Mroczkowski moves all in from the small blind for 6,000, and the hijack calls with .

Mroczkowski turns over , and needs it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and the hijack turns a higher heart flush draw, but improves no further. Mroczkowski wins the pot with his pocket nines to double up in chips, but he is still down a bit from where he started this three-hand stretch.

Eddy Mroczkowski  –  15,000  (10 bb)