Hands #114-119: Shane Buchwald Takes Over Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Hand #114: Shane Buchwald accidentally limped, apparently thinking he was the big blind in error. Ray Henson then raised. Shane Fumerton called, as did Buchwald. The flop was , and it folded to Henson, who bet. The other two players folded.

Hand #115: Fumerton raised, and Buchwald called. The flop was , and Fumerton bet. Buchwald called, and the turn was the , where Buchwald called another bet. The river was the . Both players checked, and Buchwald won the pot with for ace-high.

Hand #116: Buchwald limped, and Henson checked. Henson folded to a bet on a king-high flop.

Hand #117: Fumerton raised, and Sandy Tayi called. The flop was , and Tayi check-called a bet. The turn was checked by both players. Tayi check-folded on the river.

Hand #118: Buchwald raised, and Fumerton three-bet. Buchwald called. The flop was . Fumerton bet, Buchwald raised, and Fumerton called. The turn was the , and Fumerton check-folded to a bet.

Hand #119: Tayi raised, and Buchwald three-bet. Tayi four-bet, and Buchwald called.

The flop was , and Buchwald check-called a bet. The turn was the , and Buchwald check-raised a bet from Tayi, who then called. The river was the , Buchwald bet, and Tayi called. Buchwald showed for a set of threes and took down the pot. In doing so, he became the new chip leader with over 2,000,000 in chips.