Hands #98-104: Bognanni Shortly Below Twenty Bigs

Hand #98: Robert Mitchell limped the button, Marco Bognanni called the small blind, and Axel Hallay checked. The flop was and saw three checks. The turn was another jack, the , and Hallay bet 2,500,000. Mitchell folded, and Bognanni called.

The river brought the and Bognanni checked. Hallay bet 6,000,000 this time, and Bogdanni went in the tank. He tried chatting his opponent up to get a read on him, but Hallay didn't respond and remained deeply buried in his hoodie. The Italian eventually gave it up and the French rail cheered.

Hand #99: Bognanni limped the button and Mitchell checked. Mitchell came out with a bet of 1,000,000 on the flop. Bognanni raised to 3,000,000 and Mitchell called. The turn was the and Mitchell checked. Bognanni opted for the check behind this time.

The prompted a bet of 3,900,000 from Mitchell. Bognanni called it off and Mitchell showed him for a pair of queens. Bognanni nodded and mucked to slip below the 20 big blind mark.

Hand #100: Mitchell limped the small blind in and Bognanni checked. An all-diamond flop of was spread and Mitchell bet 1,000,000. Call from Bognanni.

The turn brought another and Mitchell checked. Bognanni bet 1,500,000 and Mitchell quickly winged it.

Hand #101: Bognanni raised to 3,200,000 in the small blind and Hallay folded.

Hand #102: Bognanni popped it to 2,200,000 on the button this time and big blind Mitchell wanted to see a flop. The prompted a check from Mitchell, 1,800,000 from Bognanni, and a fold.