"Gohednpopoff" Nabs the Chip Lead
In Level 34 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000, "Gohednpopoff" raised to 160,000 on the button and "Stonniepokes" three-bet to 680,000 in the small blind. "Gohednpopoff" called and the two players saw the flop come 
. "Stonniepokes" made a continuation-bet of 488,000 and "Gohednpopoff" called.
Action proceeded to check through both the turn 
and river 
and the hand then went to showdown.
"Stonniepokes" showed 
for ace-jack high, and "Gohednpopoff" showed a winning hand of 
for a pair of sevens, earning the pot and the chip lead as three-handed play continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,022,182 | 704,020 |
|
2,903,271 | 312,500 |
|
|
2,874,547 | -1,016,520 |
and "Gohednpopoff" checked.
for top two pair and received a muck from "Stonniepokes" to earn the pot. Earlier in the level, Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd won a couple of pots without showdown, one of which involved a cold four-bet preflop from the big blind, and has chipped up to 4.9 million to pull away from the pack a bit.
and the turn came 
and "Gohednpopoff" checked. Dodd bet 303,000 and "Gohednpopoff" thought for a couple of moments before calling.
for top pair and "Gohednpopoff" mucked. With the pot, both Dodd and "Stonniepokes" find themselves near 4 million while "Gohednpopooff" is down to 2.6 million.
to leave "joey1way" with nothing but backdoor outs. They found life on the turn 
, but it was quickly extinguished on the river 
with 787,000 already in the middle. "Stonniepokes" had checked in the big blind and action was on "kgkg510" in the hijack, who bet 453,000. "Stonniepokes" check-shoved for 827,000 and "kgkg510" found a call after slight deliberation.