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Dunaway Pulls Away
With around 500,000 separating the top two stacks, Braxton Dunaway and Erwann Pecheux were caught in a battle for the lead.
Dunaway opened to 300,000 from under the gun and Pecheux called from the small blind. The pair saw a 7♦Q♠6♦ flop and Pecheux check-called a 200,000 bet by Dunaway. A 3♣ turn was checked by both to see the Q♥ river where Pecheux bet 875,000 and Dunaway mucked.
In the next hand Dunaway passed some across to Yaniv Peretz after Peretz opened from under the gun and Dunaway defended his big blind. Dunaway gave up on the 7♠3♥J♣ flop after facing a 250,000 continuation bet by Peretz.
A few hands later, Dunaway opened on the button for 300,000 and Pecheux defended the big blind. A 9♥J♥2♦ flop was check-called by Pecheux after Dunaway bet 350,000. A 7♣ turn saw Pechaux check, Dunaway bet 900,000 and Pecheux reluctantly fold.
Dunaway came out on top, and started to pull away from the remaining players, sitting with a dominating stack of over 80 big blinds.