Event 2: Waking Up to Aces

$300 + $50 NLH (1 Re-entry)

The Wright Stuff

On the last hand before dinner break, Aaron Wright (Baltimore, MD) goes from average stack to big stack.

A player in early position raises to 4,400 (blinds 800/1,600), followed by a 75k jam from Domenico Barretta (New London, PA), which is a blessing for Wright.

"I looked down at two black aces and said, 'thank you Jesus.' Wright makes the snap call and when the board runs out clean he eliminates Barretta.

"I can't believe I'm running this good," says Barretta, who now has 155k and is one of the top 5 stacks in the room.

Level 11 (800/1,600/200 ante) is winding down.