Roussakis Takes Big Pot
Erik Roussakis raised it up to 55,000 from under the gun, and Edmund Liu made the call next to act. Everyone else folded, and the two saw a flop of 
.
Roussakis led out for 65,000, and Liu made a raise to 140,000. It only took Roussakis a few moments to announce a raise to 300,000, and it was back to Liu. He cut out the chips for the call, and slid them in, making the pot over 700,000.
The turn brought the 
, and Roussakis took just a few seconds to move all in. Liu asked for a count, and found out that the bet was worth 406,000. Liu cut out the chips for the call, and started playing with them. About 90 seconds into the tank, it look like Liu was stacking his chips and getting ready to call, but he didn't make an action. Eventually, after about three minutes in the tank, Liu folded.
After that pot, Roussakis jumps up to 1.281 million, while Liu drops out of the top two for the first time today, with 1.228 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,281,000
339,000
|
339,000 |
|
1,228,000
-324,000
|
-324,000 |