Peters Takes The Chip Lead
Level 8
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Erik Peters is sitting on a stack of almost 4,000,000 and he was kind enough to recount what had happened.
First he had check-jammed on a queen-jack-nine rainbow flop in a four-way pot when he held 
.
But in the last hand he got most of the chips. Peters opened from the under-the-gun position and the player on the button called.
The flop came 
, Peters continued with a bet of about 1/3rd of the pot. His opponent called. On the 
on the turn Peters jammed with the bigger stack and his opponent called. The river was a blank. Peters held 
for top pair with ace-kicker. His opponent was eliminated as he also had a pair of kings with the 
but a lower kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,700,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |