Keranen Vaults Into Chip Lead

Kyle Keranen raised to 60,000 from under the gun, and Marcia Topp called from the big blind. The flop came down all spades {3-Spades} {10-Spades} {q-Spades} , and Topp fired 100,000. Keranen called, and the turn was the {2-Diamonds} . Topp check called a bet of 175,000 from Keranen, and the river was the {5-Diamonds} . This time, Topp bet 175,000, and it was on Keranen. He elected to raise it to 475,000, and after about 30 seconds of thinking, Topp made the call.

Keranen {a-Clubs} {q-Hearts}
Topp: {k-} {q-}

Keranen's ace kicker was good enough to take the pot, upping him to a chip leading 6.816 million. That hit drops Topp to 1.682 million.

Tags: Marcia Topp Kyle Keranen