This event echoes the WSOP in a number of way. Not only is there the same starting stack and blind structure, but we're also winning late entrances in true Hellmuth fashion. Sadly for David Anderson, however, he'll have which he slipped on the ice outside, as on the very first hand he played, he lost a mammoth pot to Nick Hicks. With Anderson limping from the button and Billy Defty calling from the small blind, Hicks made it a total of 31,000 to play from the big blind. Anderson called; Defty ducked out of the way.
Hicks then proceeded to check-call three consecutive bets on a
board, 45,000 on the flop, 70,000 on the turn, and finally 90,000 on the river. "Let's see the cards," commanded the dealer. There was a slight hesitancy at first, but Anderson was first to reveal the goods, but in the end his
for second pair wasn't quite enough against Hicks'
which scooped up a nice, meaty pot.