Boivin Into the Lead
Level 22
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
A preflop raising war saw "7tHEcROw7" with a four-bet jam for 1,153,224 from under the gun and big stack Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin instantly called in the hijack.
"7tHEcROw7": 
Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin: 
It was essentially over on the 
flop as "7tHEcROw7" needed running diamonds or aces to avoid elimination. The 
turn locked things up for Boivin and that made the 
river a mere formality. Boivin took over the lead and became the first player above five million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,524,575
3,701,415
|
3,701,415 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
flop for 150,810, the 
turn for 507,500 into 530,120 and then jammed the 
river for 1,275,863.
of Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair.
, the tens held up and 92 remain in contention.
came up second-best to the 
board. Down to 11 big blinds, the Dutchman open-jammed first to act and "EEE27" had an easy call in the big blind.
as the former held 
for a gutshot and the nutflushdraw while Vezhenkov had flopped the nut straight with the 
river brought no change and "Maxim737" departed.
flop for 71,982, "Hatrick19911" raised to 196,116 and Kiselev was the only caller.
turn, Kiselev checked and activated his time bank to reluctantly call a bet of 312,216 by "Hatrick19911". The 
river was checked and Kiselev won the pot with the 
found no help to beat the 
and shortly after, the 109 remaining players headed into a scheduled 5-minute break.