Matt Berkey Takes the Chip Lead

When our reporter arrived at the table, there was around 100,000 in chips already in the middle in a hand between Matt Berkey and Alexander Kuzmin. The board read , and there was 74,000 out in front of Kuzmin. Berkey had announced that he was all in, but he was late to arrive to his table and still had the majority of chips in his bag. Kuzmin, who had a little over 100,000 behind, needed to see how much Berkey had shoved for so requested that he count out his chips. The dealer then asked Berkey to remove his chips from the bag and stack them, which Berkey did, although this took a couple of minutes.

Berkey had Kuzmin well covered.

Eventually, Kuzmin called the clock on himself. With only a few seconds left, Kuzmin folded his hand with a shake of his head, and Berkey was awarded the pot.

After stacking up all of the chips, Berkey climbed to 498,000 and is the new chip leader.