Based on his online prowess Isaac Baron was widely considered the best player at the final table coming in. Glen Chorny clearly thought differently and just bounced Baron out 4th. With $500k in the pot and the two heads up staring down a 6 2 7 flop, Chorny led out for $335,000.

Baron took his time thinking over his next move and eventually pushed in. Chorny snapped called felting rockets. Baron had A Q and would need a runner-runner miracle. The 9 meant any spade and westmenlowAA would double up and while the K was black, it wasn't spadey enough and sent Baron home. He grabs €589,000 for his efforts and can head back to his room here to sign up for another MTT online at PokerStars now, now, now.

In the meantime, Chorny has taken a huge lead over the other two at the table with over $6 million in his stack now.

Isaac Baron got fairly short and threw his chips in with any two from the small blind. Denes Kalo snap called and Baron looked to be railed with Q 3 against the Hungarian's A 10.

The J 2 2 flop made his hopes grim. The 6 turn left him with the same thin draw and just one card to come. But the miracle Q on the river ensured he would still be around for a little longer as he doubled up to close to $2 million in chips.

We just saw more action in one hand then we have for the last 30 minutes as Maxime Villemure doubled through Isaac Baron and took over the chip lead. Villemure opened the pot and Baron moved in. Villemure made a quick call and tabled Q Q which was in a dominating position against Baron's 8 8. The board ran A 3 3 2 6 and Villemure is good for the double. He's now on right around $4 million.

We've reached the 29th level of this marathon event and the blinds are starting to get up there. $40,000/$80,000 with a $10,000 ante is the new price levied on the final four.

We seem to have hit the wall here in Monte Carlo as the remaining four players are stuck in some sort of poker stalemate. The once uber-aggressive style has been thrown out the window as almost every pre-flop raise is getting through. Maxime Villemure is the only one whose stack is showing signs of fatigue. Each of the other three is sitting with right around $3.5 million while Villemure is on around $1.8 million.

Hungarian Denes Kalo has been playing extremely solid this entire final table and just picked up another substantial pot from Isaac Baron. It was a blind on blind affair with Baron in the small and Kalo in the big. They both saw an unraised flop of 8 7 6 and Baron led out for $100,000. Denes made the call and the 6 hit the turn.

This time Baron opted for the check and Kalo fired out $275,000. After some thought Baron made the call and the river came the K. Another check from Baron brought another bet from his opponent. Kalo pushed a big $500,000 stack across the line. Baron tanked for some time before Kalo called the clock. About halfway into the countdown Baron decided to muck.

Isaac Baron has taken a stranglehold on the chip lead. After Glen Chorny limped it from the small blind, Baron made it $150k more to go from the big. Chorny made the call and checked the 3 9 7  flop, but raised a $250 bet from Baron making it $400 more.

Baron then showed some real strength making $1.1 million to continue and Chorny was forced to fold. Baron is now on $4.4 million and leading Chorny by more than $1 million in chips.  

Now that we're down to the final four the payouts have gotten huge. Here are the prizes up for grabs.

1st	€2,020,000
2nd	€1,179,000
3rd	€715,000
4th	€589,000

 

Here are the latest counts as we continue with this epic four-handed battle.

Glen Chorny	$3,670,000
Isaac Baron	$3,560,000
Denes Kalo	$3,090,000
Maxime Villemure	$2,290,000

We've reached the 28th level of this event and the blinds have gone up once again. The price of poker is now $30,000/$60,000 with a $5,000 ante.