Belea Forces Out Bigot With a Check-Raise
Level 31
: Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante
Brian Delaney opened to 625,000 from under the gun with the 
and Razvan Belea just flat-called with the 
in the small blind. Fabrice Bigot three-bet to 950,000 in the big blind with 
and that got rid of the initial raiser, while Belea stuck around with his pair.
The heads-up flop of 
provided a "raisers board" as Belea checked, and Bigot continued with a bet of 500,000 for fewer than one quarter of the pot. Belea then check-raised to 2,500,000 and Bigot snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,050,000 | 1,800,000 |
|
5,500,000 | -1,600,000 |
|
4,875,000 | 150,000 |