Mohamed El Bakkouri opened with a raise on the button. Julio Sanchez folded his small blind, but Arron Fletcher in the big blind had a different plan. He slid a tower of T-100,000 chips forward, enough to cover El Bakkouri. The Frenchman snap-called the remainder of his stack off.
Arron Fletcher:
Mohamed El Bakkouri:
The best hand stayed ahead from start to finish: . El Bakkouri doubled up to 1,500,000.
With the board reading , action was on Hamza NBaba. NBaba had previously check-called a bet from Fernandez on the flop and both players had checked the turn.
On the river, NBaba bet 350,000 and Fernandez flicked in a T-5,000 chip to indicate a call. NBaba showed for the rivered trips and Fernandez mucked his hand.
Pablo Rodero opened with a raise to 100,000 and Julio Sanchez three-bet to 250,000. Rodero, with 860,000 chips in total, tanked for over two minutes before folding his hand.
Mika Kakkonen raised to 120,000 in middle position. Pablo Rodero shoved all in for 795,000 on the button and Kakkonen called after twenty seconds.
Pablo Rodero:
Mika Kakkonen:
Rodero took a commanding lead after the flop, but Kakkonen picked up an inside straight draw on the turn. The river was safe for Rodero, netting him the double-up.
Arron Fletcher has been the most active player this level and also the one to pick up the most pots. Fletcher is now up to 4,600,000 and is starting to distance himself from the rest of the pack.
Preflop, Hamza NBaba had three-bet and Fletcher called out of position. Both players checked the flop. On the turn, Fletcher bet 230,000 and NBaba called.
The river was the and Fletcher bet 480,000. NBaba quickly raised to a cool million, which confused Fletcher a great deal. Eventually, he ended up calling with his and chopped the pot when NBaba showed .
. El Bakkouri doubled up to 1,500,000.
, action was on Hamza NBaba. NBaba had previously check-called a bet from Fernandez on the flop and both players had checked the turn.
for the rivered trips and Fernandez mucked his hand.
flop, but Kakkonen picked up an inside straight draw on the 
turn. The river 
was safe for Rodero, netting him the double-up.
flop. On the 
and Fletcher bet 480,000. NBaba quickly raised to a cool million, which confused Fletcher a great deal. Eventually, he ended up calling with his 
and chopped the pot when NBaba showed 
.