Kassela Takes Charge
Maxwell Troy had the bring-in with a showing, and he defended when Kassela completed with his .
Troy: (X)(X)//(X)
Kassela: (X)(X)//(X)
Kassela bet his lead on fourth street, and Troy called. On fifth, both players check-checked, and Troy led out with a full bet of 160,000 on sixth street. Kassela called, and seventh street went check-check again.
"Seven-six," Kassela said, and he exposed his .
"That's good," Troy responded, folding his cards under and mucking them back to the dealer. That's officially the biggest pot we've seen in eons, and it gives Kassela a pretty significant chip lead. He's up to 1.85 million now, knocking Troy down to 890,000.