Cornel Cimpan raised to 35,000 UTG and Mike McDonald reraised to 85,000 from the button. Cimpan called and they saw a flop which both players checked.
Cimpan led out for 75,000 on the turn and a static McDonald thought for about a minute before raising all-in. Cimpan thought briefly but elected to fold.
Mihai Manole opened for 40,000 and Patrick Bueno called behind. Over to Toni Ojala who pushed for 294,000. Manole gave it up, but Bueno called. As the EPT Live commentators noted, "Bueno likes a call."
Bueno:
Ojala:
Flop:
Turn:
River: !
Thus Ojala doubles up again and is over the 600,000 mark. Bueno, meanwhile, has dropped from a massive stack at the start of the day to a mere 187,000 now.
On a flop of , Marc Goodwin checked to Matt Lapossie, who fired a bet of 42,000. Goodwin made the call.
The turn brought the and Goodwin checked again. Lapossie fired 74,000 this time. Goodwin again called.
The river was the and Goodwin checked again. Lapossie fired 233,000 and Goodwin made the call. Lapossie immediately turned up for complete air. Goodwin tabled two kings -- -- and won the hand.
Lapossie dropped to 1.375 million while Goodwin increased his lead, moving to 2.6 million.
While the table next to them was breaking, an interesting exchange took place between giganto-stacks Matt Lapossie and Georgios Kapalas.
It looks as though Lapossie opened and Kapalas reraised; either way, 600,000 chips had made their way into the middle before Lapossie announced all in. A fold followed, and the clock was stopped while players were re-seated.
By the by, our young Greek Georgios Kapalas has lost his chip lead -- he's slipped to 1.711 million, while Marc Goodwin is our current chip leader on 2.668 million.