The Hunt for the Big Stacks
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
David Jaoui opened to 1,200 and then called the three-bet of Pavel Gonchakov for 3,125, heading to a heads-up flop of 
. Jaoui check-called a bet of 3,200 and both then checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Jaoui bet 7,400 and was snap-called by Gonchakov with 
. The Frenchman flipped over the inferior 
.
Gonchakov is one of the several players above 100,000 in chips, the race for the chip lead is rather tight though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
80,000
3,500
|
3,500 |