Back to Back Jacks for Fernandez
For the third time at this final table, Javier Fernandez picked up 
and he raised to 180,000 in early position. Nicolas Dumont defended his big blind with 
and caught a bad flop with 
. Fernandez bet 225,00 and Dumont stuck around.
On the 
turn, Dumont checked and Fernandez shoved all in for 1,420,000. Dumont thought for almost 30 seconds then folded the second best hand.
Amazingly enough, Javier Fernandez got dealt again in the very next hand. He raised to 185,000 from under the gun, Patrik Antonius called 
in the cutoff and Honglin Jiang called with 
from the big blind.
Fernandez retained the lead on the 
flop and both he and Jiang checked to Antonius. The Finn bet 275,000, Jiang folded, Fernandez check-raised all in for 2,170,000 and Antonius folded after a few seconds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,480,000
-490,000
|
-490,000 |
|
||
|
3,180,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
||
|
3,115,000
945,000
|
945,000 |