Ekrami Cripples Cohen to Take Chip Lead
A huge pot played out between Kamyar Ekrami and Daniel Cohen that the pair were kind enough to tell PokerNews about after the fact.
It was Cohen who was the instigator, making it 2,500 to go from under-the-gun, with Ekrami the only caller in the big blind to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
.
This is where all the fireworks went off, with Ekrami checking the action over to Cohen, who continuation bet 3,000. Ekrami check-raised to 12,000, Cohen re-raised to 31,000, Ekrami potted and Cohen moved all-in and was called.
Kamyar Ekrami: 
Daniel Cohen: 
Cohen had top set and Ekrami a flush and straight draw with a spade 
on the turn giving Ekrami the lead. The 
river saw Cohen's stack reduced to 7,700 while Ekrami scooped a monster pot to climb to 260,000, which is good for the chip lead presently.
Cohen hit the rail shortly afterwards, falling at the hands of Michael Hahn, with the two players getting all the chips in pre-flop, Cohen's 
trailing to Hahn's double suited 
and failing to improve. Cohen hit the rail and Hahn stacked up to 53,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
53,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
7,700
-137,300
|
-137,300 |