Marco Gambini opened to 600,000 from early position with A?9?. Remy Murcia called with the dominated 9?7? from the big blind.
Gambini made two pair on the A?9?4? flop and checked behind after Murcia passed the action over to him.
Murcia then check-called for 750,000 on the 4? turn, which brought in the 8? river. Murcia checked, and Gambini sized up to 2,000,000. Murcia, who had 2,380,000, was put to the test for most of his chips. He agonized over his options, ending up making the call only to be shown the bad news.
Marco Gambini got involved for the first time today, opening K?10? from the button to 600,000. Chip leader Atanas Malinov called with 6?4? from the button.
Both players paired up on the A?10?4? flop, and Malinov check-called for 500,000. Gambini continued his aggression on the 9? turn, firing out 650,000 which folded out Malinov.
The following hand, Malinov looked down at A?10? from the small blind and made it 1,050,000. Virgile Turchic defended his big blind with K?9?.
The Q?8?7? flop saw Malinov check, and Turchi bet 700,000. Malinov called. The Q? turn paired the board and action checked through to the 2? river. Malinov had the best hand and checked. Turchi checked back and Malinov recouped some of his chips that went to Gambini.
Virgile Turchi opened to 650,000 from the button with K?J? and folded out the blinds.
The following hand, Remy Murcia jammed for 3,280,000 with K?Q? from the button and received no action from either of the blinds.
On the next deal, Guillaume Nolet looked down at A?10? from the button and made it 600,000. Unlike Turchi and Murcia, Nolet received some action as Gabi Livshitz called from the big blind with K?Q?.
Neither player connected with the 6?3?3? flop, keeping Nolet's ace-high as the best hand. He continued for 400,000 and Livshitz called.
The 6? turn double-paired the board, and the action checked through to the 8? river. Livshitz thought about taking a stab at the pot, but both players checked once more, and Nolet took the pot.
Atanas Malinov opened to 600,000 from the cutoff with K?J? from the cutoff and Remy Murcia defended his big blind with 8?6?.
Murcia took the lead, pairing his six on the 10?6?3? flop, which checked through to the K? turn, putting Malinov back in front. Murci then check-folded to a bet of 900,000.