Steen Takes The Chip Lead
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Yongshuo Zheng raised it up to 60,000 on the button, and Yngve Steen called from the big blind. The flop came down 
, and Steen check called a bet of 75,000 from Zheng. The turn was the 
, and Steen checked again. Zheng fired out 175,000, and Steen tanked for about 30 seconds before cutting out raising chips. Eventually, he put out a check raise to 360,000, and Zheng tanked for about a minute before he started to count out his chips. He shook his head, tanked for about 30 more seconds, then kicked his hand in, giving Steen the big pot.
Steen has had a great final table so far, steadily moving up to a chip leading stack of 2.6 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
|
800,000
-435,000
|
-435,000 |