Matlos Takes the Lead
Giorgios Kapalas opened it up, only for Matthew Matros to raise it up one seat down and Terrence Chan to four-bet from the big blind. A frustrated, but disciplined Kapalas made the fold, whilst Matros matched the bet to take us to a flop of .
As expected, Chan made a continuation bet and Matros called, but took a different route on the turn by check-raising to 120,000. Matros paused momentarily before announcing raise and putting in a three-bet to 180,000. Chan called.
The river appeared to be a blank, and led to a check-call from Chan. Matros tabled , which was enough to not only take the pot, but also the chip lead with 1,100,000. Chan, meanwhile, has slipped into second for the first time since the start of this final table with 900,000.