Brazil's "nicoferrow" just rebought once again after three-betting with pocket kings against his opponent's pocket aces. While there was some betting after the flop, it was inevitable that the duo would eventually get all their chips in the middle.
The board was of no help to Villa-Lobos who after the hand found himself with a fresh stack of 15,000 after rebuying.
Sweden's Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt, the number one ranked online poker tournament player in the world according to PocketFives, is off to a hot start.
He recently called a short-stack's all-in preflop from the big blind with . His opponent, who was holding and was temporarily ahead when he paired the flop. However, the completed the board on the turn and the river, giving Åstedt the nut-straight. After the hand, Åstedt's stack sailed above the 60,000 chip barrier with 60,252.
LetsgoJensen raised from under the gun for 1,255 before Chris "888Moorman" Moorman three-bet to 3,255. LetsgoJensen called before the flop came.
Both players checked the flop, before letsgoJensen bet 3,755 after the appeared on the turn. Moorman called and the completed the board on the river.
LetsgoJensen fired out for 11,000, which effectively put Moorman all in. Moorman quickly called with for a flush and his opponent showed . After the hand, Moorman had a 71 big blind stack of 35,720.
The tournament's prize pool just surpassed the $250,000 posted guarantee. The prize pool with continue to grow since there is still 80 minutes left for players to late register or rebuy if they lose all their chips.
Players are on their third break of the day. After the break, players will still be able to late register for another hour or rebuy if they lost all their chips.
Ukraine's Vit1gor was in the lead after the first break and in second place after the second break. He once again took the chip lead after the third break with 145,038.
In second place at the break was Russia's 6oTaHik with 108,366, who was the first player to break the six-digit barrier this tournament. Germany's Y.TheSnail was in third place at the break with 106,032.