Scott “ssitron” Sitron (pictured left) continues to ride a wave of good fortune at the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #52. After starting the final table as the short stack, Sitron has won two big all-in preflop hands holding big pocket pairs.

Most recently, Sitron looked down at KK and faced an all-in bet for 755k from Andrey Zaichenko on the button who held the 96.

Sitron called and promptly flopped the nuts when it came KQ2. Sitron’s hand held and boosted his stack up to 1.8 million.

Sitron drew closer to the chip lead when then chip leader Corwin Cole moved in his 2.4 million from the blind after David Daneshgar made it 105k on the button. After much deliberation, Daneshgar made a gutsy call for his last 800k and caught Cole making a play at the pot, who tabled the 86. Daneshgar’s AJ held up after he flopped and ace, elevating him just above Sitron at 1.9 million for the chip lead.

Sitron overtook the chip lead about 30 minutes later when he moved all-in over Daneshgar, who had re-raised Sitron’s 125k open to 405k.

Here are the current chip counts with six left.

Scott “ssitron” Sitron - 2.3 million

Corwin Cole - 1.9 million

Farzad Rouhani - 1.8 million

David Daneshgar - 1.5 million

Dan Heimiller - 460k

Play is 4-handed at a table featuring Matt “mattg1983″ Graham and Jonathan “driverseati” Tamayo (pictured right) in the $1.5K Limit Hold Em Shootout and the two players have duked it out in a series of hands together.  Graham was victorious in the biggest showdown when, with the blinds at 1.5K/3K he raised on the button and Tamayo made the call from the big blind.  Tamayo checked the flop of 432, Graham bet out, and Jonathan check-raised him.  Matt made the call and after the 8 peeled off on the turn, Tamayo checked.  Graham bet out and Tamayo made the call.  The river came 4 and Jonathan led out, only to be raised by Matt.  Tamayo made the call and Graham showed 56 for a flopped straight.  Jonathan threw his cards in the muck and was down to 37K while Matt’s stack increased to 70K

A few hands later Tamayo raised the button and Graham reraised out of the big blind.  Tamayo made the call and the flop ran out K52.  Matt bet and Tamayo called.  Graham bet again after the 7 came on the turn and Jonathan called once again.  Matt fired one more time when the river came T and Tamayo folded, leaving himself with less than 20K.  Since then Jonathan’s stack has stayed between 10K-15K while Graham got as high as 105K and continues to hover around the 100K mark.

• July 3, 2008 -- Sitron Takes 2nd
• July 2, 2008 -- Graham 3-Handed in 1.5k Shootout
• July 2, 2008 -- ‘SirWatts’ Runs Out of Power
• July 2, 2008 -- Hold Your Fire