Kuether Takes The Chip Lead In Huge Pot
Joe Kuether just took a huge pot off of Freddy Deeb to take the chip lead with eight players left. He started the action by min raising to 40,000 under the gun. Action folded all the way around to Deeb in the big blind, who called. The flop came down 
, and Deeb checked to Kuether, who bet out 60,000. Deeb called, and the turn came the 
. Deeb once again check called Kuether's bet, this one being 115,000, and they saw the 
hit the river.
Deeb checked one more time, and Kuether thought for about a minute before putting out a big bet of 260,000. Deeb cut the bet out of his stack, took a look at what he would have left over, and called. Kuether showed 
for a flopped straight, and Deeb mucked. After the hand, Kuether is up to 1.6 million, while Deeb plummets to under 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
580,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
|
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