Pertea Swings Back Into the Lead
Marius Pertea raised it up with the 
and Robert Vukovic called with 
. The duo checked the 
flop and the 
fell on the turn. Vukovic bet 700,000 and Pertea double-checked his cards before making the call.
On the 
river, Vukovic checked his trips and Pertea bet 850,000 and Vukovic called to win a bigger pot.
Pertea raised to 500,000 with 
and Vukovic called with 
. On a flop of 
, a continuation bet did the trick for Pertea.
Pertea raised to 500,000 with 
and Vukovic three-bet to 1.4 million with 
, Pertea quickly called. The flop fell 
and Vukovic took another shot at the pot with a bet of 1.0 million, picking up a reluctant call by Pertea.
The 
appeared on the turn and Vukovic checked, which prompted 1.3 million into a pot of almost 4.8 million. That was enough to shut down the action and the swing went back to Pertea, who took a 10 big blind lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,550,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
6,600,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |