Watts Takes Lead With Devilish Set
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Steve Watts is the new chip leader in the room after a huge hand gave him the lead. We caught up with him after the hand to talk through how it happened.
"I had pocket sixes. The flop comes 
and my opponent had 
. He bet 40,000 and I just called. The turn of a jack led to me leading out for 80,000. He went to call but put in 160,000, so it was ruled as a min-raise and I called. He shoved the river of a 
and I called it off, obviously."
Watts now has 1.3 million chips, ahead of Hawkes and Fletcher, who have also had excellent days so far. There is still a long way to go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | 600,000 |
|
1,060,000 | 90,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 280,000 |
|
765,000 | 309,000 |