Hands #14-18: Vieira Expanding His Lead
Hand #14: Joao Vieira raised to 255,000 from the cutoff and Jamie O'Connor called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and O'Connor checked. It was checked behind by Vieira.
The turn was the 
and O'Connor checked again. Vieira checked behind for the second time and the 
was dealt on the river. O'Connor put in a bet of 400,000 on the river and Vieira took his time to think his decision through. The Portuguese player ended up folding after multiple minutes had passed.
Hand #15: O'Connor limped from the small blind and Pierre Calamusa checked from the big blind. The flop fell 
and O'Connor check-called a bet of 125,000 from Calamusa. They both checked on the 
turn and the 
river came on the board.
O'Connor checked again and Calamusa bet 375,000. That got the job done when Calamusa folded.
Hand #16: O'Connor limped from the button and small blind Calamusa called as well. Vieira checked his option. The flop was 
and it checked to O'Connor. Calamusa called from the small blind and Vieira got out of the way.
The 
was dealt on the turn and Calamusa checked again. O'Connor took the pot down with a bet of 500,000.
Hand #17: Vieira moved all in from the small blind and Joe Cada folded his big blind.
Hand #18: Vieira raised from the button to 255,000 and Olivier Busquet called from the big blind. The flop was dealt 
and Busquet check-folded to a bet of 250,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
4,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
4,500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
1,400,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
||