LexBabe Trips Up Against Michael Gagliano; Rocroc150 Leads with 2.9 Million

Michael Gagliano (“Gags30”) began the event with more than double the starting stack (2.5 million) because he won his entry in one of the phase qualifiers that carry forward a player’s ending starting stack. (Click here for more info.)

Unfortunately for Gagliano, he wasn’t able to hold onto his lead during the first couple of levels, and he has dropped down the leaderboard.

After dropping below two million in chips, Gagliano was on the button as he saw a flop of against “LexBabe” in the big blind. LexBabe checked, Gagliano bet, and LexBabe called.

The turn card was the , LexBabe checked again, Gagliano bet 15,323, and LexBabe called.

The river card is the , LexBabe checked, Gagliano bet 58,135, and LexBabe min-check-raised to 116,270. Gagliano called, and LexBabe turned over to win the pot with trip queens. That took LexBabe up to about 25th on the leaderboard, and dropped Gagliano down to about 18th.

LexBabe  –  1,530,000  (255 bb)
Michael Gagliano  –  1,771,000  (295 bb)

As Level 3 ended and Level 4 got underway, the chipleader was Rocroc150, with more than 2.9 million.

Rocroc150  –  2,922,000  (487 bb)