"states420" Takes the Chip Lead

In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd opened the action with a raise to 1,600 under the gun and received a call from "states420" in the hijack. "Payman" in the small blind and "fastmelody" in the big blind both called as well.

The four players saw the flop drop and three checks ensued to put action onto "states420," who fired 3,600. Only "fastmelody" called and action went heads up to the tun , where both players checked.

The river came and "fastmelody" checked once more. "states420" bet 10,800 and was quickly called to take the hand to showdown.

"states420" showed for the nut trips. the hand proved to be good, as "fastmelody" mucked and the pot was sent their way, increasing their stack to over 137,527 to result in their taking the chip lead at this point in the tournament.