Barry Hutter Surges into the Chip Lead
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Following a hijack raise to 18,000, and a call in the cutoff, Barry Hutter three-bet to 65,000 from the button. The initial raiser folded, but the cutoff called as the flop landed 
.
Hutter continued for 50,000, and his opponent check-called as the 
rolled off on the turn. Hutter's opponent checked again, and Hutter bet out 125,000 with his opponent again making the call.
The river landed the 
, and after a third check from Hutter's opponent, Hutter announced he was all in for over 2.2 million.
Hutter's opponent snap-called for his 350,000 and tossed in a handful of chips and revealed his 
for trips.
Hutter revealed his 
for a rivered full house to eliminate his opponent and soar to over 3.1 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,130,000 | 580,000 |
and Massey showed 
and his ace queen high was enough to earn him the double up.
and Song showed 
. The board ran out 
and Volpe secured the massive double up.
river for 150,000. Elgio Gomez Barrios called from two seats over, as did another player, and Merrilees tabled the 
river run out.
and Loeser flopped the best of it with his pair but Klodnicki had flush and straight draws. The turn was the 
turn was for 175,000. Again, Umdenstock wasted little time before making the call to see the 
on the river.
river completed the flush. Verma doubled for 273,000 and Umdenstock's stack took another big hit.
and Volpe, in middle position, had a bet of 52,000 in front of him. Song made it 104,000 on the cutoff and Volpe called after some thought.
and Choupeaux's stack was chopped by Ivey and Lenaghan, sending the former above one million in chips.
