Held Soars to a Big Stack
Level 12
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Chaofan Lei in the big blind three-bet to 100,000 following an open raise to 30,000 by Konstantin Held. The latter then clicked it back to 200,000 and Lei reraised to 390,000. Held pushed all-in for Lei to go with it for a massive pot of almost 1.8 million.
Chaofan Lei: A♣5♥ 
Konstantin Held: A♠A♥
The 10♣4♠2♦4♣9♣ board had a sweat for the aces but Held held to become one of the big stacks.
A couple of hands later, former big stack Koichi Chiba pushed all-in for 189,000 and Held called two seats over.
Koichi Chiba: 3♥3♣
Konstantin Held: Q♥Q♣
The 10♣9♦6♠10♦2♥ board gave Held another boost.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,000,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |