De Paz Goes Bananas from the Big Blind
Dario De Paz had amassed a stack of 986,000 after felting an opponent with a set of aces against a set of sevens, however, his monster stack quickly disappeared after a costly mistake.
Mathieu Rabalison opened to 20,000 from early position and was called by Herve Mary from the button.
De Paz then moved all in. Rabilson called as the slightly bigger stack and Mary quickly folded.
Dario De Paz: 
Mathieu Rabalison: 
It was the biggest pot of the tournament so far and De Paz was dominated.
The 
flop kept Rabalison ahead but the 
turn gave De Paz a wheel draw. The 
completed the board and De Paz was distraught about the outcome.
He looked vacant as he left the table, which had attracted a crowd at this point.
Mary and Rabalison were adamant that De Paz didn't see the Rabalison's open and that's how the chips went into the middle.
Rabalison won a pot north of two million and is the clear chip leader.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
2,090,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
Eliminado |
, winning him a big pot, while Fort was left with around 20 big blinds.
and action checked to De Jong, who bet out for 60,000. Natoptanyi was the only caller. The turn was the 
river. Natoptanyi showed 
for top pair but De Jong showed 
for top pair with a higher kicker. The pot brought De Jong's stack over the one million mark.
and nothing changed on the 
and with about 68,000 chips in the middle, Didier Mambour checked out of the big blind and Federico Cerqua fancied a bet of 28,000. Mambour was not going anywhere yet and made the call. 
and Mambour decided to lead out for 35,000. This time it was Cerqua who got sticky by making the call. 
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on the turn and river didn't change anything, so Magliocco got his double.