Essa Takes from Mapley

Laurence Essa was the preflop aggressor and got called by Darren Mapley on the button as well as Petrit Papushi in the small blind. Papushi check-folded the flop but Mapley stuck around and called the continuation bet of his opponent for 150,000. On the turn, Essa fired 450,000 and was called before making it another 700,000 to go after the river.

This time it proved to be too much for Mapley and he mucked his cards. It was the first bigger pot that the two chip leaders had played against each other on the final table.