Flavius Voinea Takes an Early Lead

Romania's Flavius Voinea is now the early chip leader with 53,000 chips. A key early hand for him is when he min-raised under the gun to 100 in the dark. A player in mid position called, as did the players in both the small and big blinds.

On a flop of , the player in the small blind bet for 125 with the player in the big blind calling. Voinea raised to 550 and the player in mid position called.

The player in the big blind folded after the player in the small blind three-bet to 2,000 chips, which Voinea flatted and his other opponent called behind.

The turn came the , the player in the small blind bet 4,200. Voinea called and the player in mid-position folded. The small blind opted to check when heads up to the river, and called Voinea' small value bet of 2,500. The small blind called and told the table he had for two-pair. Meanwhile, Voinea flopped the flush and held when he turned over .