Purice Charges for the Lead

Jorma Vuoksenmaa raised to 5,100 and was called by the small blind and Tudor Purice in the big blind. Only Purice check-called a bet of 8,000 on the :::5c:::5s:::3s flop before the :::Ah turn was checked through. On the :::4s river, Purice bet 15,000 and Vuoksenmaa folded.

Purice scooped a bigger pot in a battle of the blinds with Tom Givony after betting the :::As:::Qs:::3h:::Ah:::2s river for 20,000. Givony called and mucked when Purice flashed :::Ks:::3s for the nut flush.

The very next hand, Emanuel Flesner shoved from under the gun and Vuoksenmaa called for less with :::Ad:::Jh in the big blind. Flesner had :::Ad:::Kc and the board came :::Qs:::9c:::Ah:::4d:::Jd.

While Purice has a massive stack, the current chip leader appears to be Andrei Grimberg.

Andrei Grimberg 310,000 178,000
Tudor Purice 275,000 55,000
Jorma Vuoksenmaa 55,000 31,000
Tom Givony 40,000 -20,000
Emanuel Flesner 35,000 -105,000