Simon Pin-Disle defended his big blind facing a button min-raise from Maxime. He lead out 550,000 on a flop, and Maxime replied with a raise to 1,325,000. Simon 3bet his over 5-million chip stack, and Maxime double-checked his cards before making a quick call.
Simon:
Maxime:
Simon let out a sigh when he saw he was in bad shape, but the running and gave him a full house to win the hand over Maxime’s flopped flush. He now holds a little over 11.5 million chips, good for the lead, while Maxime is down to about 700,000.