Monday, July 28, 2014

Event 17 (Day 3): Welch Staying Alive

Level 21 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 178
Players Remaining: 9
Chip Average: 593,333

Charles Welch
Charles Welch was all-in for his final 100,000 chips and got a call from Jonathan Ivy.

Welch: Q J♣      Ivy: A 9♠

Flop: A♣ 8♣ 9♣
Turn: 10
River: K♣

Ivy was pretty unhappy about flopping two pair, as those cards also gave Welch a straight and flush draw. Charles made his straight on the turn and the flush on the river, while Ivy was unable to improve to a full house.

As mentioned earlier today, Welch also final tabled the main event of the $1 Million Live! Poker Classic back in March, and has now been to three final tables in this series alone. So, yeah, of course he hit both the straight and the flush on that hand. The man has been unstoppable for months.

Welch still has less than half the average chip stack, but he does have close to 30 big blinds to play with - a testament to how deep the stacks are in comparison to the blinds.