Le Fills Up, Chips Up
Four players limped to see a flop of 
. Trevor Pope checked, Patrick Hanoteau bet 45,000, Tommy Le called, Michael Greco folded, and Pope folded as well.
The turn brought the 
. Hanoteau checked, Le bet the pot -- 170,000 -- Hanoteau check-raised all in, and Le called with his remaining chips.
Hanoteau showed 
for the straight, while Le tabled 
for a set of nines. The river brought the 
, filling Le up and enabling him to survive.
Le bumps up over 700,000 on that hand, suddenly going from almost out to challenging for the chip lead. Hanoteau drops to about 520,000.