Take Me to Your Leader
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Hot on the heels of his recent deep run in Event #4: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed), online player Tayfun "Ty" Akbasil just claimed an enormous pot that likely makes him the early chip leader here on Day 1.
We caught the action as the pot of 22,325 was being pushed to Akbasil, but experienced pro Andy Philachack was kind enough to relay the action to our PokerNews Live Reporting station.
According to Philachack, a player raised from under the gun, and Akbasil three-bet to 600. Having woke up with 
, Philachack pumped it up to 2,000 with a four-bet, and that's where things got interesting.
Akbasil elected to five-bet to 4,000, but perhaps confused as to the stack sizes and mistakenly believing he was calling an all-in by Philachack, he tabled his 
as he did so.
With the action back on him, and chips still in front of him to bet, Philachack was now faced with the unique conundrum of playing a chip-leadership deciding pot against an opponent playing with his hand exposed. Philachack tells us that his first instinct was to fold in a marginal coin flip situation, before a third player at the table volunteered that he folded ace-king. Secure in the knowledge that his opponent's outs were now limited to four, rather than six, Philachack made the call holding the lead in the hand.
Flop: 
With that, Akbasil's limited outs had delivered, and Philachack was the one left drawing thin. When no help arrived on the turn or river, Akbasil was the winner, and Philachack was left to wonder what might have been.
***Update: The player in question accused of sharing information during the hand has kindly informed us that, while he did mention folding ace-king, his words came when the board cards were being rolled out, and thus were irrelevant to the action.***
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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22,325
22,325
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22,325 |