Matt Reed from Kenton, Ohio was in ninth place out of 68 players remaining in the 2013 WSOP Main Event with 5,255,000 chips entering Day 6. Reed has almost $200,000 in total live tournament cashes and is no stranger to cashing in $10,000 buy-in live events or going deep in the Main Event. Earlier in 2013, Reed took 14th place for $80,000 in the $10,000 buy-in PokerStars Caribbean Adventure at Paradise Island. In 2010, Reed had another top 100 finish in the WSOP Main Event by finishing in 89th place for $79,806.

Midday on Day 5, Reed found himself in the temporary chip lead after winning a huge pot against Chris Lindh. With the blinds at 12,000/24,000 on a Tc-9d-4h flop, Lindh bet 160,000 from the small blind, which Reed called from the button. Lindh fired a second barrel when the 5c came on the turn, which Reed also called.

Lindh slowed down and check on the river when it came the 4s, which lead Reed to bet 400,000 in chips. After thinking for several minutes, Lindh eventually called and mucked when he saw Reed’s J-J. Reed saw his chip count skyrocket to 4.1 million after the hand.

Later in the day with the blinds at 15,000/30,000, Reed battled against Aleksejs Damage Ponakovs. Reed hit his top pair with A-Q on a Q-5-3 board, which both players checked. The 4h came on the turn. Ponakovs started the action by betting 160,000 chips, which Reed called. With a T on the river, Ponakovs opted to check and Reed quickly fired out 375,000 in chips. After two minutes of thinking the situation over, Ponakovs called and then mucked when he saw Reed’s top pair, top kicker. This hand brought Reed’s chip count close to 5.0 million chips, near where he ended Day 5.