$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 19: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Ryan Riess has held onto the chip lead for hours, but Rayan Chamas finally managed to catch him.

With the board showing on the turn and about 70,000 already in the pot, Riess bet 27,000 from the cutoff, Chamas raised from the button to 75,000, and Riess called.

The river card paired the board with the , Riess checked, Chamas bet 125,000, and Riess folded. Chamas took the pot to get neck-and-neck with Riess for the chip lead.

Rayan Chamas  –  595,000  (99 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  595,000  (99 bb)

Chamas gave up his half of the lead a short while later, when he shoved from the small blind, and Konstantinos Pantaridis called all in from the big blind for 91,000 with . Chamas turned over , and Pantaridis needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Pantaridis flopped a king-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Konstantinos Pantaridis  –  186,000  (31 bb)
Rayan Chamas  –  525,000  (87 bb)

The action has been relatively light since then, but Chamas has finally taken full possession of the chip lead. Here are their approximate chip counts with about 15 minutes remaining in Level 19:

Seat 2.  Ryan Riess  –  550,000  (91 bb)
Seat 3.  Rayan Chamas  –  635,000  (105 bb)
Seat 5.  Konstantinos Pantaridis  –  142,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Anthony Zinno  –  168,000  (28 bb)