Franco Takes Chip Lead
Niveau 16
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sonny Franco raised to 10,500 from the hijack and action folded to Nenad Svetomirovic in the small blind who three-bet to 22,000. The big blind quickly folded and Franco decided to four-bet to 60,000. Svetomirovic took some time and then five-bet shoved for around 200,000 which Franco snap-called.
Nenad Svetomirovic: 
Sonny Franco: 
The board ran out 
for Franco to hold with the pocket rockets to eliminate Svetomirovic and jump into the chip lead.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000 | 297,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Eliminé |
on the turn. Faria check-called the 19,000 bet of Franco to see the 
complete the board on the river. They both checked again. Faria tabled 
for the turned pair of nines but was beaten by the 
of Franco who had flopped the higher pair.
, Farag checked again and now Salter shoved with the bigger stack. 
to five Dominguez trip deuces on the flop and to improve to a full house on the river to triple up for the 17,000 he had behind. After paying Dominguez, Rudziankov had 63,000 left which he doubled up with the higher pocket pair.
, the big blind check-folded to the 4,500 continuation-bet of Salter for him to add to an already healthy stack.