Lopes Leaps Into Chip Lead
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"ThugWaffle" raised to 70,700 from the cutoff and Douglas "dougalopes" Lopes three-bet to 217,000 from the button. The blinds folded and "ThugWaffle" made the call.
The flop came 
, "ThugWaffle" check-called the 105,000 continuation-bet of Lopes.
The turn was the 
and this time "ThugWaffle" check-called the 262,500 bet of Lopes.
The river completed the board with the 
and "ThugWaffle" checked for the last time. Lopes shoved with the bigger stack which "ThugWaffle" called for their last 805,290 with 
for the pair of eights but Lopes tabled 
for the flopped set of nines to propel him into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,349,491
1,469,290
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1,469,290 |
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Busted | |