Juanda Snatches the Lead
John Juanda opened for 165,000 and David Vamplew flat-called - the first call of a Juanda raise we've seen since that curious jacks-versus-nines encounter with Artur Wasek.
They saw a flop and Juanda bet out 270,000. Vamplew called, and they saw the turn.
The turn was the and this time Juanda bet out 560,000. A bit of a tank from Vamplew this time, but again, he flat-called.
The pot was getting big by now, and when the river came down an irrelevant-looking Juanda bet out 1.25 million, giving Vamplew a look reminiscent of the internet's famous dramatic lemur. But Vamplew snap-called this time, and then was crestfallen when he found that his turned top pair with was no good against Juanda's flop set with .
Juanda picked up the 4.645 million pot, and lurched back into the chip lead. Vamplew dropped right down to around 1.7 million.