Ivan Luca raised before the flop and Charles Carrel was his only caller after which the flop bought out .
On the flop both players checked and Luca fired out 156,000 on the turn when the popped up. Carrel made the call and on the river the hit.
Luca started putting together a huge bet, and ultimately he slid forward 899,000.
Carrel immediately leaned forward onto the table, counted out his remaining stack in case he would call and lose, and two minutes later he did just that.
When Carrel called Luca showed for a flopped set, and the Argentinian now sits on 3.9 million chips. With that Luca now holds the chip lead with seven players remaining.
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The pace has slowed down significantly in the first half of this level, as we haven't even seen a turn card yet. The only player that made a move was Artem Metalidi, who moved all in over in opening raise from Nick Petrangelo.
Ivan Luca has been chipping up nicely in this level, because even though we haven't seen any big pots he's now up to 4.6 million chips. That is 700,000 more than his nearest competitor, Nick Petrangelo.
Just now Luca raised to 135,000 before the flop and Igor Yaroshevskyy called from the big blind. On a board the hand was checked down and Luca bet 310,000 on the river.
Yaroshevskyy tanked for several minutes and ultimately he folded his cards.
Artem Metalidi just moved all in again but he received no callers. After that shove Metalidi sits on 1.25 million and he keeps his stack in front of the short stack of Igor Yaroshevskyy.
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popped up. Carrel made the call and on the river the 
hit.
for a flopped set, and the Argentinian now sits on 3.9 million chips. With that Luca now holds the chip lead with seven players remaining.
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and the 
completed the board and Petrangelo bet 250,000. Carrel thought for quite some time before releasing his hand into the muck.
board the hand was checked down and Luca bet 310,000 on the river.
flop and the 
on the turn made Yaroshevskyy bet 100,000. Luca called.
hit the river and Yaroshevskyy checked. Luca bet 140,000 and Yaroshevskyy folded.