Kellner Takes From Stephens Before the Break

We caught up with Kelly Kellner as he celebrated his latest pot at what has been a great table for him in the first three levels.

"I'm up to 77,625 after winning 20k from Sally [Stephens]. I had and on the flop of KdJd4c] we both checked a raised pot pre-flop. The turn came a deuce and I bet 10,500 and she called with what I was pretty sure was a flush draw. The river was a brick and I bet another 10k and she folded."

Kellner may have taken the lead in the room with that pot, but with 85 entries and unlimited re-entries until the first hand of Day 2, players have every chance to overtake him well before the end of Day 1a. Kellner held the chip lead in the High Roller at the end of Level 6 yesterday and did not make Day 2.