Tsang Takes an Overwhelming Lead
Anson Tsang made it 210,000 to go with 
and Ilya Bulychev defended the 
. The flop of 
was checked through and the 
turn brought another check by Bulychev. A delayed continuation bet awarded the pot to Tsang and right after the WSOPE gold bracelet was placed in the middle of the live stream table.
Bulychev then raidsed the 
and Tsang called with 
. On the 
flop, Tsang checked and Bulychev bet 260,000, the call of Tsang followed.
The 
came on the turn and Tsang checked, Bulychev asked for the size of the pot and bet 750,000 into a pot of 1 million.
Tsang clarified the bet and pot size with the dealer, double-checked his cards and raised the pot to put Bulychev the option to call all in or fold with around 1.6 million behind. It was not a quick fold by Bulychev, who took more than two minutes before letting go.
That hand vaulted Tsang into a commanding lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,830,000
1,380,000
|
1,380,000 |
|
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|
1,645,000
-1,380,000
|
-1,380,000 |
|
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