The Chip Lead Changes Hands
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Hand #166: Dan Cates limped from the small blind with the only to have Daniel Colman raise to 420,000 from the big with the . Cates made the call, the flop fell , and it looked like the fireworks would fly.
Cates checked, Colman bet 450,000, and Cates just made the call. The turn improved Cates to a full house, but it was also a scare card to Colman. Cates checked, and Colman used two hands to slide out a big bet of 1.15 million. Cates took his time before calling, and the completed the board on the river. Cates checked for a third time, but Colman checked behind.
With that, Cates took the chip lead from Colman in the last hand of Level 11.