High Roller: Ticsay Takes the Chip Lead

Harvey Castro opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and Stephen Ticsay called from the button before Francisco Rios three-bet to 132,000 from the big blind. 

Castro quickly got out of the way but Ticsay decided to make the call and the two went to a flop of 4♦Q♠8♣. 

Rios continued for 105,000 and after some thought, Ticsay called to see the turn K♠. 

The action went check-check and the two players saw the river A♠. Rios checked once more to Ticsay, who fired out a bet of 155,000, sending Rios into the tank. 

After over a minute, Rios decided to let it go and the substantial pot was pushed over to Ticsay for the chip lead. 

Ticsay - 930,000
Rios - 270,000