Hands #42-48: Pomponio Chops With Babekov
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Hand #42: Erkut Yilmaz won the blinds with a raise from the button.
Hand #43: This time Thomas Pomponio raised to 1,300,000 from the button but Taylor Black responded with a shove from the big blind and forced Pomponio out of the pot
Hand #44: It was Mark Babekov's turn to raise from the button and he didn't miss the opportunity. Both players in the blinds folded.
Hand #45: Taylor Black raised, again from the button, and won the hand.
Hand #46: After a series of button-raises, Mark Babekov interrupted the streak when he opened from the second position. Kent Coppock shoved all in for 12,650,000 and, after a little bit of talk, Babekov gave up.
Hand #47: Taylor Black opened the pot with a raise to 1.2 million but Erkut Yilmaz woke up with a three-bet from the small blind, putting the price to 3,000,000. Black folded.
Hand #48: Thomas Pomponio limped from the small blind and Mark Babekov checked to see the flop 
. Pomponio check-called 800,000 and then check-called another 1,800,000 on the 
turn. The river brought the 
and Pomponio tapped once again. Babekov didn't fire the third barrel and checked back. Pomponio showed 
and chopped the pot with Babekov, who had 
.