Leonid Markin opened from the cut-off and big blind Fady Kamar made the call.
On the flop of Kamar check-raised all in and Markin called. Kamar had hit with and Markin showed . The turn card and river card gave Kamar the double to survive.
Leonid Markin won the first two hands of the level with raises to 150,000, picking up the blinds and antes. In the third hand, Fady Kamar moved all in from the small blind for 905,000 and Markin tanked for two minutes before making the call.
Kamar:
Markin:
The board came to make Kamar two pair to double up. The knock-on effect was that Craig McCorkell took over the chip lead from Markin, the first time the Russian has lost the lead all day.
Fady Kamar made it 125,000 from the button and Craig McCorkell defended the big blind.
Both players checked the flop and McCorkell check-called a bet of 100,000 on the turn. The river was the and McCorkell checked again, Kamar bet 180,000 and McCorkell folded.
Leonid Markin openedfor 100,000 from the cut-off and picked up one caller in big blind Fady Kamar.
The flop was and Kamar check-called and 200,000 bet. They both checked the turn and on the river Kamar check-called a 150,000 bet. Markin’s lost out to the of Kamar.
“You’re killing me.” Markin sighed.
This last half hour has all been about Fady Kamar. After raising Craig McCorkell off a pot, Kamar has just taken a big chunk of Leonid Markin's stack.
McCorkell had opened to 100,000 preflop and Kamar called in the small blind before Markin three-bet to 250,000 in the big blind. McCorkell folded and Kamar made the call to see a flop.
Kamar checked and Markin bet 250,000 - quickly getting called. Both checked the on the turn before Kamar fired out a big bet of 900,000 on the river. Markin folded and Kamar is now the chip leader.
Andrew Chen opened for 100,000 and picked up calls from small blind Leonid Markin and big blind Craig McCorkell.
The flop was . The blinds checked and Chen continued for 175,000. Markin check-raised him to 350,000 and when McCorkell folded Chen announced all in and quickly got a call.
Chen was on the draw with and Markin had top pair. The turn gave Markin two pair and he was set to eliminate Chen until the river completed the flush.
Markin’s head sunk on to his arm as he saw his chip lead at the start of the day slowly whittled away and now he was in fourth place. It’s not over yet though.