Drama for Almeida

Fernando Rocha was among our chip leaders on 270,000 or so – until he became involved with Pierre Almeida on a :::9d :::Ac :::4s flop.

Rocha checked the flop to Almeida who bet 17,000, but Rocha soon check-raised to 40,000. I was briefly distracted by a big hand at the next table (more on that coming soon…) but when I returned, Almeida was all in and the cards had been revealed.

Rocha: :::Ad :::9c for two pair
Almeida: :::4h :::4d for a set

The board, fully dealt: :::9d :::Ac :::4s :::Tc :::2s

Rocha and Almeida virtually swapped stacks – while Almeida is now up there with the big boys on 270,000, Rocha is back down to an average-y 140,000.