Bruno Benveniste Into the Chip Lead

Jean Claude Loustau raised to 250,000 in the cutoff with and Bruno Benveniste three-bet to 550,000 in the small blind with .

Loustau called and the flop came . Benveniste bet 280,000 and Loustau called.

The pair checked the turn and the river and Benveniste turned over his Jacks to take down the pot.

The chip counts are now as follows, with Benveniste moving into the tournament lead.

Bruno Benveniste: 4,705,000 (59 big blinds)
Sandro Pitzanti: 3,560,000 (45 big blinds)
Jean Claude Loustau: 2,935,000 (37 big blinds)
Ekrem Sanioglu: 1,405,000 (18 big blinds)