High Roller: Chad Eveslage Rivers a Straight to Take the Lead From Byron Kaverman

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 145

Chad Eveslage
Chad Eveslage

Chad Eveslage completed the small blind for 125,000, and Byron Kaverman checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came JsJh10c, Eveslage bet 125,000, and Kaverman called.

The turn card was the 6s, Eveslage checked, Kaverman bet 400,000, and Eveslage thought for a while before he called.

The river card was the Qc, Eveslage checked, Kaverman bet 700,000, and Eveslage called. Kaverman showed Jc8s for trip jacks, but Eveslage turned over Ks9d to win the pot — and take the chip lead — with a rivered king-high straight.

Chad Eveslage  –  6,100,000  (49 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  3,750,000  (30 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 145, the average chip stack is about 3.63 million (29 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $286,520.