Varkonyi Takes Lachance and Loses
With the board showing , Ludovic Lachance got all of his chips in the middle versus Robert Varkonyi, creating a huge 260,000-chip pot.
Lachance held for the ace-high flush, while Varkonyi tabled . Varkonyi had flopped a straight, and after the turn had a straight flush draw as well.
But the river blanked, and Varkyoni slips to 170,000. Meanwhile, Lachance chips up past the quarter-million mark.