Stanciu Getting Ahead of the Field
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Cristian-Gicu Stanciu raised under the gun to 230,000 with pocket queens and he was three-bet by Thomas Lewis to 575,000. All the other got out of the way and when it folded back to Stanciu he called with pocket jacks.
The flop fell 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Stanciu checked again. Lewis stabbed at it with a bet of 350,000 and he was called.
The 
landed on the board on the river and Stanciu bet 550,000. That was enough to make Lewis fold and he won the pot with his set of queens without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,800,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
3,600,000
-1,500,000
|
-1,500,000 |