Dan Shak claims the chip lead; Play is three-handed

Chip Counts

The level has ended and the blinds increased to 12,000/24,000/4,000a.Dan Shak has claimed the chip lead after flopping a set of kings in a pot that was contested three ways.

The players chip stacks are as below. The +/- figure in brackets is their profit/loss since the end of the last level and the big blind figure is how many they have for the current level.

Dan Shak – 1,128,000 (+558,000) 47 big blinds
Tobias Reinkemeier -877,000 (+90,000) 36.5 big blinds
Talal Shakerchi – 375,000 (-270,000) 15.6 big blinds

Good level for

Dan Shak – A great level for Dan Shak who doubled his stack thanks to flopping a set of kings and getting a street of value from Tobias Reinkemeier.

Bad level for

Jennifer Tilly – Jennifer Tilly’s exit made for the most obvious candidate for “player who had the worst level” award. Talal Shakerchi also dropped a large chunk of his stack and is the shortest stack of the trio.

Hand of the level

Dan Shak opened to 50,000 with K♥ K♦, Tobias Reinkemeier called with A♥ 5♥ and Talal Shakerchi called with K♣ 10♥. The flop fell K♠ A♦ 3♠ and Shakerchi checked to Shak, who bet 140,000. Only Reinkemeier called. The turn was the 10♠ and Shak shoved for 581,000 and Reinkemeir released his top pair.

View from the booth

“When he sees those kings he will wake up. They’re like a shot of espresso! Wake up baby!” said by Jesse May when Dan Shak was dealt a pair of red kings.

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