In a recent hand, his {9?} {9?} flopped a set and busted a fellow big stack who held {A?} {A?} . All the money got in preflop after a series of raises and re-raises before Bach cracked his opponent and sent him to the rail.
Now, it's Bach's turn for rockets. Jean Harlan moved all in from middle position, for 11,000 chips. Bach woke up with the
, and made the call. His opponent held
, and did manage to pair on the flop of
. However, the additional help did not come when the
and
peeled off on the next two streets, allowing Bach to rake in another pot and claim another victim.David Bach is our chip leader by quite a decent margin, sitting with 255,000. He is the only player above 200,000.
. Vos now has about 64,000 chips.
. The call comes from the small blind player, Benjamin Hamnett, who is miles ahead with
do not get him there. After the hand, Rousu is up to 31,800.
, while Nguyen shows down
, but the turn and river look much more like the oasis that he needed. The fourth street
. A nine-high board was no help to Mayhew. Tran is now at 26,000.