A Few Orbits at the Final Table
Guillaume Nolet received a walk in the big blind.
The following hand, he picked up A♦Q♣ in the small blind and raised it to 1,300,000, which folded out Marco Gambini in the big blind.
Gabi Livshitz then received a walk in the big blind.
Virgile Turchi opened to 850,000 with from under the gun with Q♣J♥ and folded out his opponents.
Atanas Malinov raised to 4,000,000 from the small blind with A♣3♦ and folded out Turchi in the big blind. After that, Malinov raised to 800,000 with K♥9♣. Turchi looked down at 4♥4♣ from the small blind and moved all in for 6,550,000. Nolet folded in the big blind, and Malinov also returned his cards to the dealer.
Back in the small blind, Nolet made it 1,200,000 from the small blind and pushed out Gambini in the big blind.
Atanas Malinov opened to 800,000 from under the gun with J♣6♣ and folded out the table. He then received a walk in the big blind the hand after.
Livshitz opened to 900,000 from the button with A♥9♣ and folded out the blinds.
Malinov got active again, waking up with A♣J♦, on the button and raising to 800,000. Nolet defended the big blind with Q♠7♠. Nolet check-folded to a bet of 850,000.
The following hand, Malinov made it 800,000 from the cutoff with 9♦7♥. Marco Gambini defended in the big blind with 5♠3♠. Gambini made two pair and just check-called for 700,000 on the Q♦5♦3♥ flop. The J♥ turn checked through to the 2♦ river. Gambini checked and Malinov didn't take the bait and checked behind with his nine-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,280,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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12,100,000 | |
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11,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
10,900,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
7,150,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
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