Hands #238-243: Shulman Takes the Lead
Hand #238: Barry Shulman opened the small blind to 1.7M and Michael Blake folded.
Hand #239: Michael Blake opened his small blind to 1.3M and Barry Shulman three-bet to 5.1M. Blake folded.
Hand #240: Barry Shulman opened to 1.3M from the small blind and Michael Blake defended. The flop came 
and Blake checked. Shulman made a continuation-bet of 1.5M and Blake called, bringing the 
turn. Both players checked and the river came 
. Blake led out for 1.5M and Shulman went all in. Blake thought for a little and then tapped his cards to the table and sent them to the muck.
Hand #241: Barry Shulman received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #242: Barry Shulman opened from the small blind to 2.8M and Michael Blake folded.
Hand #243: Michael Blake opened to 1.3M from the small blind and Barry Shulman defended. The flop came 
and Shulman checked to Blake, who made a continuation-bet of 2M. Shulman check-raised to 5M and Blake announced he was all in.
Shulman checked his cards once more and sent them to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,500,000
3,700,000
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3,700,000 |
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25,500,000
-3,700,000
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-3,700,000 |
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