Kovalski Takes From Mateus
Level 32
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Fabiano Kovalski raised to 450,000 from the cutoff with 
and Neville Mateus defended from the big blind with 
.
The flop came 
and Mateus threw in a bet of 400,000 that Kovalski called.
The dealer burned and turned the 
and Mateus continued with another bet of 700,000. Kovalski went deep into the tank, using one of his time bank cards, then called.
The 
filled up the board and this time, both players checked. Kovalski raked in the pot with aces and fours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,150,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
|
5,900,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
. Patrik Jaros in the big blind quickly called with 
.
, keeping him in the lead. The 
came on the turn to give Guerrero the lead and he walked over to his rail to await the river.
and Mokri check-called a bet of 300,000 from Bendinelli.
and was checked around to the 
river. This time, Mokri led out with a bet of 550,000 and Bendinelli went deep into the tank then tossed in chips signifying a call, raking in the pot with his set of jacks.
.
and Guerrero checked. Jaros bet 700,000 and Guerrero called with his flush draw and two overcards.
as action folded to small blind Fabiano Kovalski, who looked down at 
flop was safe for Guerrero, as was the 
turn which left Kovalski down to potentially his last card of the tournament.
on the river to double up to more than 14,000,000, leaving Guerrero with less than 1,000,000.
. The