Pham Folds, Holds Onto to Leading Stack
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Edward Pham has steadily risen up the counts during the first five-and-half hours of play to be one of the first to push past the 70,000-chip mark.
Just now Pham opened a pot with a minimum-raise to 1,000, getting two callers from the button and small blind. The flop came a highly-coordinated 
. It checked to Pham who continued with a bet of 1,800, and only the button stuck around. The turn was the 
, and Pham paused before checking over to his opponent. A bet of 3,200 was enough to cause Pham to release his hand with a yawn.
Nothing tired about what Pham has done thus far, however, as he remains among the chip leaders with about 72,000.