Perkins Grabs Chip Lead, Doubles Big Through Rajkumar


Bill Perkins is the man of the hour in the London Hilton on Hyde Park as he netted a big double-up through former chip leader Vivek Rajkumar after tripling up earlier too.
It was Rajkumar who opened the action with a raise to 50,000 from under the gun holding . Chin Wei Lim called to his left with
and an unidentified card and Perkins called with
.
The flop promised fireworks and Rajkumar checked his option with his straight flush draw. Lim checked, Perkins bet 55,000 with his set, Rajkumar check-raised to 215,000, Lim folded, Perkins three-bet to 655,000, and Rajkumar called.
On the turn, Perkins shoved all in for 915,000 and Rajkumar reluctantly called it off. The river was the
— "nice and clean," as Perkins would later say — and Perkins took the chip lead from his opponent late in the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,300,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
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1,400,000
-1,633,000
|
-1,633,000 |
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