Level 44:  1,000,000/2,500,000 (2,500,000)
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Cosme Martinez completed with 9♦8♥ from the button, and Vasileios Zisis checked to see a flop with T♣8♣.

The script flipped this time around as Martinez saw a dream flop of J♦T♦7♣, giving him the nut straight, prompting a 4,250,000 bet. Zisis made a call with a top pair, a gutshot, and a backdoor flush draw.

The turn 2♣ was a spicy one, giving Zisis a flush draw, who check-raised all-in over Martinez’s bet of 12,000,000. Martinez couldn’t call fast enough.

A club on the river would end Martinez’s run, but the K♦ kept his straight safe, doubling him up to take the chip lead for the first time in the tournament after spending most of the day as the short stack.

Cosme Martinez – 106,000,000
Vasileios Zisis – 99,000,000

Cosme Martinez