$2,500 Coco Poker Open Championship
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

The last check on Tristan Wade’s stack finds the Florida pro with nearly twice as many chips as he had just a few minutes ago. His near-double came courtesy of a big confrontation against former chip leader Neil Blumenfield, and Wade was kind enough to relay the details:

Cord Garcia opened to 2,300 under the gun, and Wade called in middle position. Blumenfield three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind, Garcia folded, and Wade called to go heads up.

The flop came , and Blumenfield continued for 12,400. Wade called. The turn was the , and Blumenfield checked. Wade bet 17,000, his opponent called, and the river brought the . Blumenfield checked again, and Wade bet 50,000, leaving just over 10,000 chips behind.

After a soak in the tank, Blumenfield piped up. “I think you have nines, tens, or jacks,” he correctly surmised, eventually calling the river bet.

Wade tabled to win with a set of nines, wrestling the pot and the chip lead away from Blumenfield in the process.

“I had the assist on that one,” Garcia finished Wade’s story with a smirk.

Tristan Wade – 188,000 (235 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 120,000 (150 bb)