Pascal Lefrancois was in the hijack with . He raised the action to 200,000 and it folded over to Isaac Baron in the small blind with . Baron cut out a three-bet to 490,000 and it folded back to the original raiser. Lefrancois shoved all in for 2.465 million and Baron snapped him off.
The flop came down , keeping Lefrancois in the lead but giving Baron's ace-king more outs. The drilled the turn and Baron was suddenly in a commanding lead with a pair of aces.
The on the river sealed the deal and Lefrancois was sent packing in seventh place. He collected $242,020 for his efforts. Baron dragged in the pot and now has 7.635 million in chips. He's now sitting as the table chip lead with just one more big blind than Mike McDonald.
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Mike McDonald raised to 160,000 from early position with , Madis Muur called in the hijack seat with , Dominik Panka called in the small blind with , and Shyman Srinivasan woke up with in the big blind. He three-bet to 600,000, and McDonald tanked a bit before four-betting to 1.1 million.
The action folded back to Srinivasan, who moved all in for 2.6 million, and McDonald asked for a count before eventually folding.
Mike McDonald raised to 160,000 in the cutoff with , and Daniel Gamez moved all in for 2.54 million out of the small blind with . McDonald asked for a count, then scrunched his face before folding.
Dominik Panka raised to 170,000 from the hijack with . Mike McDonald found in the small blind which was good enough for a three-bet to 525,000. Panka folded and McDonald picked up the pot.
This pot brings McDonald's stack to 9.105 million and he has become the first player in the tournament to cross the 9-million-chip mark.
Dominik Panka raised to 160,000 from the button with the . Isaac Baron picked up in the big blind and flat called to see a flop.
The flop came down and Baron checked his top set over to Panka. Panka continued out for 175,000 and Baron called.
The touched down on the turn and Baron checked for a second time. Panka checked it back and the fell on the river. Baron led fifth street for 380,000. Panka pushed his cards to the muck and Baron dragged in the pot.
Mike McDonald held in the hijack and raised to 160,000. Dominik Panka looked down at in the big blind and called to see a flop.
Panka drilled the flop as it came , giving him quad eights and a guaranteed victory in the hand. Both players checked and the put a second nine on the board.
Panka led the turn for 190,000 and McDonald quickly let his hand go.
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. He raised the action to 200,000 and it folded over to Isaac Baron in the small blind with 
. Baron cut out a three-bet to 490,000 and it folded back to the original raiser. Lefrancois shoved all in for 2.465 million and Baron snapped him off.
, keeping Lefrancois in the lead but giving Baron's ace-king more outs. The 
drilled the turn and Baron was suddenly in a commanding lead with a pair of aces.
on the river sealed the deal and Lefrancois was sent packing in seventh place. He collected $242,020 for his efforts. Baron dragged in the pot and now has 7.635 million in chips. He's now sitting as the table chip lead with just one more big blind than Mike McDonald.
, Madis Muur called in the hijack seat with 
, and Shyman Srinivasan woke up with 
in the big blind. He three-bet to 600,000, and McDonald tanked a bit before four-betting to 1.1 million.
. Mike McDonald found 
. Isaac Baron picked up 
and Baron checked his top set over to Panka. Panka continued out for 175,000 and Baron called.
fell on the river. Baron led fifth street for 380,000. Panka pushed his cards to the muck and Baron dragged in the pot.
in the hijack and raised to 160,000. Dominik Panka looked down at 
