Soncin Picks Up Three More Bounties and the Chip Lead
Emilien Pitavy was first to act and limped in from under the gun, as did Roman Stoika in middle position, Luigi Soncin in the cutoff and Joseph Mouawad on the button. But the big blind Kasperi Ilkka decided to move all in for his last 150,000 from the big blind, before Pitavy three-bet all in for 1,400,000.
Stoika decided to call for his stack of 375,000, and Soncin called to put all three players at risk, as Mouwad got out of the way to set up a massive four-way all-in.
Kasperi Ilkka: A♥Q♣
Roman Stoika, K♠J♥
Emilien Pitavy: 8♣7♣
Luigi Soncin: K♣Q♥
Soncin would quickly jump into the lead on the K♥8♦10♣ flop, and his pair would hold up after the 3♦6♣ runout to eliminate three players and pick up his fourth bounty in the early stages of Day 2, along with the chip lead.