Big One for Bharat
They're approaching the end of Level 30, and while we've yet to see a bustout during the almost two-and-a-half hours the final table has lasted thus far, we did just see a major chip swing in a hand involving the chip leader Paul Sneed and Lall Bharat.
It began with Bharat opening big from under the gun for 175,000 and Snead calling from a seat over. The others folded, then the flop came a coordinated 
.
Bharat led for 200,000, then Snead fairly promptly raised to 500,000. Snead hesitated for a few beats, then announced he was reraising all in and Bharat quickly called, creating a pot of more than 2.8 million.
Bharat turned over 
for the overpair while Snead had 
for an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Bharat exhaled and looked up through the glass-ceilinged roof above into the newly-darkened evening sky.
When he looked back down at the brightly-lit table, the chips were being counted and pushed his way. He assumes the top spot in the counts with that hand, while Snead goes from the top to near the bottom of the counts as he tumbles to about a half-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,860,000
1,230,000
|
1,230,000 |
|
505,000
-1,295,000
|
-1,295,000 |