Hot Nearing a Half-Million
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
There was over 80,000 in the middle on a board of 
in a heads-up pot between a player in the big blind and Igor Hot, who was in early position. The big blind was first to act and in the process of thinking. Eventually, he put out a bet that had numerous T5,000 chips that fell over onto their sides.
Hot asked how much the bet was and the dealer responded immediately saying it was 75,000. Hot didn't take long to act, putting in a raise to what looked like 170,000. The big blind immediately folded.
Once Hot was finished stacking his chips, his new stack was found to be in the range of 480,000, putting him well in front of the field with 41 players remaining - just five eliminations shy of a hard stop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000 | 111,000 |