WPT Bellagio, Day 3:
Gracz Has a Shot at Player of the Year
by BJ Nemeth
CardPlayer.com
Patrik Antonius has had smooth sailing for the first two days of Bellagio's Five Diamond World Poker Classic championship event, leading the field both days. Would the "Curse of the Day One Chip Leader" rear it's ugly head on day three? Well, sort of.
Antonius took a huge hit in the first level of the day to knock him back to Earth. He saw a benign-looking flop of Js-7d-5d in a hand against the player known across the internet as "Gigabet" -- but who registers for brick-and-mortar tournaments under his real name, Darrell Dicken. Dicken had raised before the flop, and called a reraise by Antonius. Dicken bet out after the flop, and there was a long delay before chip leader Antonius said, "All in." Dicken immediately called with 7c-5h, giving him two pair. But Antonius has a strong hand too -- his Kd-Jd gave him top pair with a flush draw. The odds were 50-50 at this point, and the biggest hand of the tournament to this point would be determined by a post-flop coin flip. The last two cards were 9h-As, and just like that, Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken became the new chip leader with nearly $900,000 in chips.
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