Hayes Wins Huge Pot With Flop Bet, Takes Chip Lead
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
John Hayes has been playing back at Marius Toderici as their stacks have evened out. After this hand Hayes would be the chip leader and Toderici would be in third place, just behind John Kurfman.
Toderici raised preflop from the small blind to 240,000. That has been his standard raise from the blinds at this level. Hayes reraised to 560,000 and, after some deliberation, Toderici called.
The flop came 
and Toderici checked. Hayes bet 345,000 and sent Toderici to the tank. He held his cards in his hands, looking as though any nudge would send them flying into the muck. Eventually, Toderici folded the hand and Hayes claimed the chip lead.
All three stacks are now pretty even.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,710,000
1,140,000
|
1,140,000 |
|
2,435,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
2,420,000
-1,220,000
|
-1,220,000 |
.
and Kurfman checked. Toderici bet 220,000 and Kurfman check-raised to 520,000. Toderici folded.
and Hayes had 
. The board ran out 
and Hayes would double up.
and Perez had 
on the river really changed that. The river was the 
, giving Kurfman a straight and eliminating Perez in 4th place.
and Toderici had 
. Things were looking grim for Seif, until the board came 
and gave him a straight on the turn.