button in SafariPardo Takes the Lead
Level 35
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
Several small pots brought no major action but the action then escalated between Lev "LevMeAlone" Gottlieb and Juan Pardo. A button min-raise by the former was defended by the latter in the big blind and Pardo check-called for 268,750 on the 
flop.
Pardo check-called for another 354,750 on the 
turn and did so for a third time on the 
river when Gottlieb fired 1,338,375.
Gottlieb was bluffing all the way with 
and Pardo took the lead with 
for a straight.