Sudell Takes the Chip Lead
In Level 34 with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and an ante of 12,500, preflop action saw 950,000 go into the middle in a blind-on-blind battle between Derek "pompii" Sudell in the small blind and "KevinDurant" in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Sudell check-called a bet of 250,000 from "KevinDurant". Sudell then check-called another bet of 1.08 million on the turn 
, bringing the river 
where action went check-check to take the hand to showdown.
Sudell showed 
for second pair and "KevinDurant" was unable to top it. With the pot, Sudell now finds himself with the chip lead among the four that still remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,640,857 | 3,784,479 |
|
3,963,513 | 1,315,000 |
|
|
2,584,289 | -1,929,500 |
|
|
911,341 | -506,875 |
came with a pair of treys and nothing more, leaving Chin's hand no good to result in his departure from the tournament in fifth place.
to further improve "KevinDurant" to a straight, eliminating "RobertJordan" in sixth place. They will earn $1,424 for their performance.
and both players checked. 
. Forlenza checked and "RobertJordan" thought for a few moments before checking behind to take the hand to showdown.
, with nothing more than an ace kicker to the board's pair of sevens but it proved to be good as "RobertJordan" mucked to give Forlenza the pot. 
. Both players checked.
to earn the pot with two pair, tens and sevens.
