Eric Varela had the button preflop. He made a raise to 175,000. Only Zhong Chen called in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Chen checked to Varela who made a bet of 225,000. Chen made the call.
The turn came the 
. This time Chen made a bet of 375,000. Varela quickly moved all in, and Chen only took a few seconds to muck his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,235,000 | 835,000 |
|
2,330,000 | -785,000 |
Baptiste Chavaillaz has been the most aggressive of the three remaining players all day, and that has not slowed down since we got to three handed.
Zhong Chen raised it up to 185,000 on the button, and Eric Varela called. Chavaillaz was in the big blind, and he put in a three bet to 300,000. Both players called, and the flop came down 
. When it was checked to Chavaillaz, he fired out 370,000, and both his opponents quickly folded.
After that pot, Chavaillaz is pushing nine million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,910,000 | 335,000 |
|
|
3,115,000 | -720,000 |
|
|
2,400,000 | 350,000 |
Level: 33
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,575,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
3,835,000 | -310,000 |
|
|
2,050,000 | -150,000 |
We have just lost Jared Ingles at the hands of Baptiste Chavaillaz.
Preflop action folded to Chavaillaz who raised to 170,000. Zhong Chen folded his small blind and action was on Ingles who made a reraise to 420,000. Chavaillaz made the call, and then it was off to the flop.
Flop: 
.
Action started on Ingles who made a bet of 280,000. After processing this, Chavaillaz put in a reraise to 800,000. It didn't take too long for Ingles to make the decision to move all in, and this sent Chavaillaz into the tank.
"Do you really have aces or kings?" he muttered to himself.
After a few minutes of thinking, he found a call, and it was the right call.
Baptiste: 
Ingles: 
Chavaillaz picked off Ingles bluff with just top pair, and he couldn't have asked to see a better hand. Ingles was drawing dead to running outs.
The turn was the 
and that card put a lock on the hand for Chavaillaz. The 
river was just formality as Ingles hit the rail in 4th place for $73,270.
With that hand, Chavaillaz now has an overwhelming chip lead with 8,375,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,375,000 | 3,250,000 |
|
Busted |
Zhong Chen started the action by raising to 160,000. Eric Varela and Baptiste Chavaillaz came along in the blinds, and the three of them went to a flop. Everyone checked on all three streets of a 
board, and Varela rolled over for ten high. Amazingly, ten high was good as both Chavaillaz and Chen mucked.
"What are you raising with?!" Chavaillaz asked Chen in a jovial manner. Varela took the small pot to up his stack to 2.2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000 | 430,000 |
The chip lead has been traded several times over the course of four-handed play. Now it's Baptiste Chavaillaz taking the lead again.
In the hand, Jared Ingles raised 160,000 from the button. Only Chavaillaz called from the big blind.
On the flop of 
, Chavaillaz checked. Ingles bet out 130,000. Chavaillaz then put in a check raise to 300,000. After a while, Ingles called.
The turn was the . Chavaillaz bet out 400,000 and was called by Ingles again.
The river was the 
, completing a straight draw. Chavaillaz put out a huge bet of 800,000 and was snap called by Ingles. Chavaillaz showed 
and his boat was enough to gain the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,125,000 | 950,000 |
|
|
2,905,000 | -1,415,000 |
On the first hand back from dinner, Jared Ingles opened the action to 160,000, and Zhon Chen defended his big blind. When the flop came down , Chen check called a bet of 150,000 from Ingles.
The turn brought the 
, and Chen checked again. Ingles kept the aggression up with a bet of 285,000, and that was good enough to get Chen to fold.
After that pot, Ingles takes a slight chip lead of 4.32 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,320,000 | 380,000 |
|
|
4,145,000 | -380,000 |
The players have gotten some grub, and the cards are in the air again.
Level: 32
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000