De Zutter and Ilies Lead the Way
Level 6
: 400/800, 100 ante
According to Alexandre de Zutter, he won a big pot against Guy Meller in the last level when defending his big blind to a raise to 1,600. On a flop of 
, de Zutter check-called a bet of 2,200 and then check-raised the 
turn from 4,500 to 9,800. Meller called and the 
appeared on the river.
De Zutter bet 16,000 and was called to show 
for a full house and big blind special, Meller had improved to a straight. Florin Ionut Ilies is the other big stack at the table not far behind. He raised the button and called the shove of Eli Lahem with 
. Lahem had 
and the board ran out 
.
Mihai Manole arrived on the same table with a healthy stack as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
140,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
60,000
28,000
|
28,000 |