Michael Stashin Assumes the Tournament Chip Lead in a Monster Pot
From the hijack seat, Michael Stashin opened with a raise to 7,000. Action folded around to the button where Oliver Weis reraised, making it 22,000. Next to act was Gleidibe Goncalves and he cold four-bet to 62,000 from the small blind. Back on Stashin and he called, leading to a call from Weis as well.
The flop came down 
and Goncalves led outs for 43,000. Stashin took a bit before calling while Weis quickly folded.
Both players checked on the 
turn to see the 
river. There, Goncalves checked again and with a sigh, Stashin checked too. Stashin turned up his 
and it was good as Goncalves mucked his hand.
"Jesus christ," Stashin said after the hand. "I almost folded the flop. I was very confused that hand."
With that hand, Stashin moves into the tournament chip lead at this point with the first stack to cross half a million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
565,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
290,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
240,000
-232,000
|
-232,000 |