Stoenescu Takes the Lead in Fine Fashion
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Frederik Jensen raised to open the pot, and he found action from both Fraser MacIntyre (button) and Andrei Stoenescu to create three-way action heading to the flop.
It came out 
. The first two checked to MacIntyre, and he put out a bet of 200,000. Stoenescu called, Jensen folded, and it was now heads-up to the turn. The 
landed to put three spades on board. Action froze on Stoenescu for a couple minutes as he contemplated a bet. He led out with 360,000, and MacIntyre called very quickly to see the 
arrive on the turn. Four spades on board now. Stoenescu stacked up another bet and made it 680,000, and now MacIntyre needed a couple minutes to think.
The call did come eventually, and Stoenescu had the stone cold nuts. He tabled his 
, and the straight flush gives him one of the biggest pots of the tournament. With it comes the chip lead, as well. The Romanian now leads the pack with just shy of 4 million, about a half-million in front of MacIntyre.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,980,000
1,530,000
|
1,530,000 |
|
3,450,000
-1,350,000
|
-1,350,000 |