Aksnes Marches On

When you're hot, you're hot, and pace-setter Kristian Aksnes is hotter than lava in a microwave at the moment as he took out yet another hapless victim to extend his chip lead to a gargantuan 165,000. Of course, it does help when you stumble upon kings, and with his opponent holding Ac-3h, Aksnes simply had to avoid one of three bullets. The 3c-Ts-Qd offered extra outs, but no such luck emerged as the turn and river came Qh and Tc respectively.

Asknes and and Santos are now a country mile ahead of the chasing pack, the latter also having surpassed the 125,000 mark.