Hands #82-87: Buchanan Takes Over the Chip Lead
Hand #82: From early position, Adrian Mateos looks down at 
and he moved all in for 995,000. Action folds around to the small blind where Koray Aldemir took a look at 
and he decided to fold, avoiding the coin flip. In the big blind Maria Lampropulos folded her 
and Mateos scooped the pot.
Hand #83: Daniel Coupal looked down at 
in early position and he moved all in for 610,000. Everyone folded and Coupal took down the pot.
Hand #84: On the button Maria Lampropulos opened with a raise to 135,000 holding 
. Adalfer Morales Gamarra called from the big blind holding 
.
The flop comes down 
and Gamarra checked. Lampropulos puts out a continuation bet of 130,000 and Gamarra let go of his hand.
Hand #85: Koray Aldemir opened with 
from the hijack seat to 130,000. Adrian Mateos called from the big blind holding 
.
The flop came down 
and Mateos checked. Aldemir bet 110,000 and Mateos promptly folded.
Hand #86: Shawn Buchanan limped in from the cutoff holding 
. Adrian Mateos followed suit with 
from the small blind. Daniel Coupal moved all in from the big blind holding 
and both players promptly folded.
Hand #87: From early position, Maria Lampropulos opened with a raise to 135,000 with 
. Shawn Buchanan was in the hijack seat and he just called with 
.
The flop came down 
and Lampropulos was first to act. She checked to Buchanan who fired a bet of 100,000. Lampropulos called.
The turn was the 
and Lampropulos checked again. Buchanan fired 325,000. Lampropulos called again.
On the river, Lampropulos checked for a third time. Buchanan fired off a bet of 850,000. Lampropulos thought for a while, but eventually settled on folding and Buchanan took down the pot and with that, assumed the chip lead as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,000,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
||
|
3,840,000
-920,000
|
-920,000 |