Jacob Bazeley Wins a 3.6M Pot Against Peter Striano

With the final board showing [Qd8s6h2c4s] on the river and about 1.2 million already in the pot, Peter Striano bets 400,000 under the gun, and Jacob Bazeley raises from the cutoff to 1,200,000.

Striano tanks for a while before he calls with [10c10s], but Bazeley turns over [8d8h] to win the pot with a set of eights.

Jacob Bazeley  –  5,700,000  (114 bb)
Peter Striano  –  1,750,000  (35 bb)

Bazeley is now neck-and-neck with Chance Kornuth for the tournament chip lead with 24 players remaining.