A lot of folded buttons, some raise and take it situations, and more limped buttons. Action is slow heads up with both Newey and Markin not forcing anything right now. Markin is winning most of the pots though, without big showdowns he has taken the lead this heads up.
Leonid Markin opened to 400,000 from the button and was called by Paul Newey on the big blind.
The flop came down and both players opted to check. The dealer then produced the on the turn and Newey slid out a bet worth 400,000 in chips. Markin made the quick call before the completed the board.
Newey checked and watched as Markin reached for his stack and bet out 600,000. Newey thought for a moment before making the call.
“Nice call,” said Markin, tabling his for a pair of sixes.
Newey did make the right call, rolling over his for a pair of queens and the winning hand.
In the first hand back from the break, Leonid Markin raised it up to 480,000. Paul Newey then quickly announced all in for more than 4.2 million in chips.
“So you don’t want to see the flop,” mumbled Markin to himself.
Markin then let go of his hand as Newey took down the pot.
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Paul Newey has pushed once more over a 480,000 raise from markin, but Markin folded. Newey then opened to 480 himself, but folded to a 1 million three bet. So nothing really has changed, though you can feel there's something going to in the near future.