Pagett to the Top
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

In early position, Kent Padgett opened to 31,000, and Eric Shanks reraised all in for 307,000 from the big blind. Padgett made the call with
, and he was flipping for the knockout against Shanks'
.
Mr. Padgett is running hot today, and the dealer kept his streak alive with a clean board that came
. Unable to catch up, Shanks is out in 27th place, and Pagett is the new chip leader with 1.12 million.