Collin Loyer recently found himself in a hand against a few others at table 76, but he managed to muscle his way to a win without even seeing the flop. It started with an under-the-gun 4,800 chip bet from Jessie Wheatley, which was raised by Duane Fernandez (below, left) on her left to 14,000. Not to be outdone, Collin (below, right) re-raised over top of them both to 38,000, obviously confident in his hand.

The table folded around to Jessie, who let it go. It didn’t take Duane long to make the same choice. When you’re down to the last 30 minutes of play, it pays to be cautious, especially when a birth in Day 2 is so close. That said, without a significant chip stack to start with on Day 2, caution doesn’t do much for you.

Play continues…

Collin needed one more look at his cards before raking in his winnings from the hand.