Najib Bennis raised to 130,000 from early position and claimed the blinds and antes. One hand later, Bennis opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Ricardo Manquant called on the button. The 
flop saw the check-fold of the Frenchman to a continuation bet worth 160,000 and Bennis continues to climb in the overall ranking.
Fahd Kaabat open-shoved for around 300,000 in chips and Antoine Rahal reshoved from three seats over to isolate successfully, Matas Cimbolas mucked the 
and was suspecting pocket aces to be in the showdown.
Kaabat: 
Rahal: 
The 
flop gave Kaabat the lead and his rail erupted. The 
turn bricked, but the dealer then burned and turned the 
river let the better hand preflop hold up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Ricardo Manquant opened and called the 470,000-shove of Diego Aranzadi, revealing the 
. It was a flip versus the 
of his opponent and the board ran out 
. Aranzadi improved with the final community card and is up to almost one million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,960,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
|
950,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
The seven players have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break and the rest away from the table is urgently needed after the spectacular action thus far.
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramona Gallardo | 355,000 |
| 3 | Ricardo Manquant | 2,950,000 |
| 4 | Miroslav Alilovic | 3,350,000 |
| 5 | Antoine Rahal | 2,265,000 |
| 6 | Najib Bennis | 2,440,000 |
| 7 | Diego Aranzadi | 1,025,000 |
| 8 | Matas Cimbolas | 2,130,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
2,950,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
2,440,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
2,265,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
2,130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,025,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
355,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
Noah Schwartz joins the Remko Report to talk about winning, what was at the time, the largest online poker tournament ever, competing in super high rollers, and living life to the fullest.
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Level: 28
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
After three standard raises and folds of the players in the blinds, Ramona Gallardo moved all in from under the gun for 320,000 and everyone threw their cards into the muck.
A few hands into the new level, Matas Cimbolas opened to 115,000 from the cutoff and Ramona Gallardo moved all in for 355,000 from the button. Cimbolas called with but failed to improve against the 
of Gallardo on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,750,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
775,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
Ricardo Manquant opened from the cutoff and Najib Bennis flat-called in the small blind. Bennis check-called a bet of 120,000 on the 
flop and the 
turn as well as 
river were checked through. Bennis showed 
and won the pot.
One hand later, Miroslav Alilovic opened from the cutoff to 105,000 and Diego Aranzadi called in the big blind. Again there was a small continuation bet by the initial aggressor on a flop of 
and Aranzadi called the 85,000. The 
turn were checked through and Aranzadi won the pot on the 
river without showdown.
With an average of more than 40 big blinds, this will take a while to determine a winner.
