Hands #72-78: Tsang into the Chip Lead as Blinds Go Up
Hand #72: Anson Tsang limp-folded to a raise from Chance Kornuth to 125,000.
Hand #73: Thai Ha and Kornuth both limped and Alex Epstein raised to 139,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #74: Kornuth and Epstein limped and Tsang raised to 160,000 on the button and the other players both folded.
Hand #75: Epstein raised to 112,000 and won the pot.
Hand #76: Epstein, Tsang and Ha all limped before Kornuth raised to 175,000 on the button. Epstein then three-bet to 750,000 and the remaining players all folded.
Hand #77: Kornuth jammed the cutoff with short-stacked Rene van Krevelen on the button who folded.
The ante increased to 15,000 after this hand.
Hand #78: Tsang and Kornuth limped with Epstein checking his button. The flop was 
and it checked to Epstein who bet 40,000. Tsang called and Kornuth folded.
The turn was the 
. Tsang checked and Epstein bet 150,000. Again Tsang called and the river was the 
. Both players checked and Tsang won the pot with 
to move into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,085,000 | 185,000 |
|
2,040,000 | -160,000 |
|
1,950,000 | 250,000 |
|
424,000 | -177,000 |
|
322,000 | -114,000 |