Ichinose Takes Lead

Japanese streamer Kosei Ichinose has risen to the top of the chip counts, in part from a hand where he defended his big blind to a cutoff raise from Espen "_sennj_" Sandvik. Ichinose check-raised the flop, and bet 1,000 on the turn. Sandvik called, then called again for 1,000 on the river.

Espen "_sennj_" Sandvik:
Kosei Ichinose:

Board:

Ichinose turned the straight and never looked back, ending the hand with the biggest stack in the game so far. Sandvik took second in Event #2 behind Joao Simao, so he's looking to do one better today.