Lee Watkinson took over the chip lead late on Day 4, but after a bad beat early yesterday hung around the average stack size. He got it all in with a set versus his opponent's flush draw only to suffer one of the toughest beats on the world's biggest stage.
However, Lee's patient, disciplined play kept him in contention by constantly winning small pots, waiting for the big one. It finally came when he doubled up with AK versus the 99 of William Spadea. The hand was eerily similar to the one that doubled up Spadea earlier in the day.
The mountain of chips Watkinson is sitting on--14m to be exact--makes him the odds-on favorite to win the whole shebang--and an extra $10,000,000 for being a Full Tilt Poker online qualifier. Not to mention Buddy will monkey-kick the shit out of anyone who puts a bad beat on Lee.
