Hands #82-87: Buchanan Takes Over the Chip Lead

Hand #82: From early position, Adrian Mateos looks down at and he moved all in for 995,000. Action folds around to the small blind where Koray Aldemir took a look at and he decided to fold, avoiding the coin flip. In the big blind Maria Lampropulos folded her and Mateos scooped the pot.

Hand #83: Daniel Coupal looked down at in early position and he moved all in for 610,000. Everyone folded and Coupal took down the pot.

Hand #84: On the button Maria Lampropulos opened with a raise to 135,000 holding . Adalfer Morales Gamarra called from the big blind holding .

The flop comes down and Gamarra checked. Lampropulos puts out a continuation bet of 130,000 and Gamarra let go of his hand.

Hand #85: Koray Aldemir opened with from the hijack seat to 130,000. Adrian Mateos called from the big blind holding .

The flop came down and Mateos checked. Aldemir bet 110,000 and Mateos promptly folded.

Hand #86: Shawn Buchanan limped in from the cutoff holding . Adrian Mateos followed suit with from the small blind. Daniel Coupal moved all in from the big blind holding and both players promptly folded.

Hand #87: From early position, Maria Lampropulos opened with a raise to 135,000 with . Shawn Buchanan was in the hijack seat and he just called with .

The flop came down and Lampropulos was first to act. She checked to Buchanan who fired a bet of 100,000. Lampropulos called.

The turn was the and Lampropulos checked again. Buchanan fired 325,000. Lampropulos called again.

On the river, Lampropulos checked for a third time. Buchanan fired off a bet of 850,000. Lampropulos thought for a while, but eventually settled on folding and Buchanan took down the pot and with that, assumed the chip lead as well.