Alexiou Konstantinos - 4th
Alexiou Konstantinos raised to 200,000 and Salvatore Bonavena moved all in. After a long think, Konstantinos called for his tournament life and Bonavena looked dismayed, turning over but he was racing against Konstantinos' . A board of was dealt out and we're finally down to three players.
Eye of the Tiger
It's going to take a crowbar and a giant tub of Vaseline to get rid of this fella, as Massimo Di Cicco has shown the survival instincts of a a wild animal and doubled up yet again.
With Salvatore Bonavena making it 270,000, Di Cicco pushed for a total of 564,000 and we had ourselves a showdown... but no, hold on, no insta-call from Bonavena despite the pot odds.
After conversing momentarily in Italian, which was frowned upon by the commentary team, Bonavena shook his head and started counting out his chips. For a moment, he appeared as though he was contemplating a fold, but to the relief of almost everyone in the building, he made the call and slid the necessary chips across the felt.
Bonavena =
Di Cicco =
Board =
The Italians erupt, although some of them aren't sure whether they should be cheering or not.
Massimo Di Cicco raises to 160,000 and Andrew Alan Chen reraises all in. Di Cicco looks like he might call for a second, but he gives up. Chen is approaching Bonavena's chip count and is comfortably over 2 million now.
Who is The Man?
A limped pot between Salvatore Bonavena and Andrew Alan Chen. Chen tries 75,000 on the flop, 180,000 on the turn, and 500,000 on the river, but Bonavena calls the whole way with to win the pot. And then he does a little dance, sort of.
With the blinds now 40,000/80,000 with an 8,000 ante, this means that there's 144,000 in play preflop. About one-tenth of what Chen and Di Cicco each have; expect huge swings or it to be over soon...