Event 5E: Chipleaders No More?

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Esther Foley
Esther Foley

The two chipleaders — Kyle Sorel and John McDonald — have taken a couple hits since the break, and it could affect their end-of-day standings.

With the final board showing As9s2c8d7h and about 100,000 already in the pot, Esther Foley checks under the gun, and chipleader Kyle Sorel bets 30,100 from the button. Foley thinks for a bit before she moves all in, and Sorel quickly folds. Foley takes the pot to cross the 200K mark.

Esther Foley  –  209,000  (87 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  318,000  (132 bb)

The next hand, a player moves all in under the gun for about 25,000, John McDonald calls from the button, and WPT winner Eric Afriat moves all in from the small blind for about 35,000. McDonald calls, and here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

John McDonald:  Js9c
Eric Afriat:  Ah10h
UTG Player:  AdQs

The board comes 5d5s2s8h8s, and the two pair on the board creates a chopped pot between Afriat and the UTG player, as they both play their aces.

Eric Afriat  –  60,000  (25 bb)
John McDonald  –  219,000  (91 bb)