From Chip Leader to Life Support
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Ihar Soika's stay at the top was short lived due entirely to a cooler.
It happened when China's Chang He opened for 8,300 under the gun and action folded to Soika, who three-bet to 25,700 from the big blind. He responded by sliding out a big four-bet to approximately 115,000, and Soika thought long and hard before five-betting all in. He, who had 326,800 total, quickly called off.
Soika: 
He: 
It was a brutal cooler for Soika considering he ran into the second-biggest stack at the table. There would be no tomfoolery in the hand as the 
board ran out clean.
"Yeah," he celebrated while a clearly frustrated Soika sent all but 10,000 of his chips to his left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
343,200
|
343,200 |
|
10,000
-390,000
|
-390,000 |