Labat Gains Lead With Aces
Level 35
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Thomas Saminadin open raised to 800,000 and Antoine Labat reraised to 2,100,000. Saminadin then moved all in over the top and Labat quickly made the call for around 6,500,000 more. Players flipped their cards, with Labat at risk.
Antoine Labat: A♦A♣
Thomas Saminadin: Q♦J♥
The board ran out 2♥9♦9♥6♥J♣. Labat held with his pocket pair of aces and scooped over a huge pot, doubling his stack to around 24,000,000 and taking the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000,000 | 10,600,000 |
|
10,400,000 | -12,600,000 |