A (Dutch) Chip Leader Emerges

Michiel Brummelhuis has just taken the chip lead after two nice back-to-back pots.

On the first one, Brummelhuis and one other player called a raise of 4,000, and the flop came {A-?}

. After checking to the raiser, Brummelhuis and the third man both called a continuation bet of 7,000. Fourth street was the {K-?}

with all three players checking, and the river came the {2-?}

. Brummelhuis led out with 25,000 chips now, getting action from the original raiser. The Dutchman showed down pocket eights for the winning set to move up a bit. "I was so close to folding," lamented his opponent. "It was either ten-jack or a set."

Very shortly thereafter, Brummelhuis opened a pot to 5,000 and the small blind called. They both checked a flop of {6-Clubs}