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John Costiniano will close out Day 2 as chip leader having just picked up three hands in a row to send him over 1M. The first hand he raised from utg+1 and Julien Weymouth called. At the flop 5♥ 8♦ A♦, Weymouth bet 21k, Costiniano answered with a check-raise to 80k. Weymouth folded.
Next hand was a big one and it was against the then chip leader Cao Ngoc Anh. From utg, Costiniano raised to 18k, button Anh three-bet to 45k, called by Costiniano. At the flop 8♥ 10♥ 10♣, both checked and the turn came 7♣. Costiniano led for 55k, he got the call. On the river 2♦, Costiniano fired 150k and Anh snap-called. Costiniano revealed his 8♦ 8♠ full house, Anh mucked. Costiniano at a million. Anh dropped to 750k.
The last hand of the day at the table was next. Button Lester Edoc raised and bb Costiniano defended. On the flop 6♣ Q♥ 9♦, Costiniano check-called a 10k bet. On the turn 6♥ and river 5♦ no bets landed. Costiniano showed Q♠ J♦ and claimed it with Edoc mucking.