03-16-2008 00:05 UTC+2

"Rico Suave" Takes the Chip Lead

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For the first time all day, Michael Schulze does not have the overall chip lead in the tournament. It's now owned by Ricardo "Rico Suave" Sousa, who just beat Schulze out of a big, big pot.

From the button, Michael opened with an 80,000 pre-flop raise and Sousa made the call. The flop came {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{J-Hearts}

{J-Clubs}

and the action went check (Ricardo), bet 120,000 (Schulze), call (Ricardo).

The action stayed the same when the {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

fell on the turn, only this time Schulze upped the ante to 200,000.

The river brought a jerkwater {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

which prompted both players to knuckle the felt and Sousa tabled the {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{9-Clubs}

which was good enough to take down the pot. After the hand, Sousa had approximately 2.2 million in chips to Schulze's 1.4 million.