Chidwick Doubles Through Hernandez, Takes Huge Chip Lead With 5 Left
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Lazaro Hernandez limped on the button with [Ad9d] and Stephen Chidwick raised to 325,000 with [Th9h]. Hernandez three-bet to 650,000 and Chidwick called.
The flop gave Chidwick the nut straight. He checked the [8h7c6c] flop to Hernandez who moved all in. Chidwick called.
The turn was the [Kc] and the river was the [Ah], giving Chidwick the check mark and giving him an almost two-million chip lead.
Player | Chips | Change |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick | 5,560,000 |
-1,405,000 ![]() |
Lazaro Hernandez | 750,000 |
-2,580,000 ![]() |