Chip Leaders Collide; Solis Comes Out Ahead

In what was perhaps the most pivotal hand of the tournament thus far, chip leaders Jake Solis and Travis Erdman just went head-to-head generating a 175,000 pot that bled into the break.

Preflop, Erdman opened with a raise to 10,000 from under the gun and action folded around the table to Solis in the big blind, who made the call.

The flop came down {6-Diamonds}

and Solis fired a 15,000 bet. Erdman then kicked it up another 21,000, making it a total of 36,000 to go; Solis made the call.

The {Q-Hearts}

came on the turn and Solis passed the first action to Erdman, who fired a big-league bet of 40,000. Solis then executed a check-raise to 100,000 and after a short dwell in the tank, Erdman folded. Solis generously flashed his hand to Erdman, revealing {Q-?}