Watson on a Heater
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger pulled further ahead at the top of the leaderboard and up next it was Mike "SirWatts" Watson that min-raised to 140,000. Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski called in the big blind and check-raised the 
flop from 70,000 to 210,000, which Watson called.
Badziakouski bet the 
turn for 189,000 to earn a call and both checked the 
on the river. The Belorussian tabled 
and Watson chopped with the 
. Badziakouski won the next hand preflop before Watson dragged in a pot. And the Canadian made it two in a row when he also raked in the chips with 
on a board of 
.
The comeback of the Canadian then added another chapter when his button min-raise triggered the three-bet jam of Eibinger in the big blind and Watson snap-called.
Mike "SirWatts" Watson: 
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger: 
Eibinger's open-ended straight draw on the 
flop was promising but the turn and 
river let Watson double once more to get right back into it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,796,447
-1,476,138
|
-1,476,138 |
|
||
|
5,057,972
-5,600
|
-5,600 |
|
|
5,009,052
-413,700
|
-413,700 |
|
3,482,067
-735,000
|
-735,000 |
|
|
3,401,676
2,082,688
|
2,082,688 |
|
|
2,502,786
407,750
|
407,750 |
flop brought a bet of 574,000 by Eibinger, which Smiljkovic called.
turn and heading to the 
river with 2,670,500 in the middle, Eibinger checked and Smiljkovic bet half the pot to send his opponent deep into the think tank.
, which was good as Smiljkovic had bluffed the 
.
flop but shut down when Eibinger continued for 218,400, which boosted the stack of the Austrian to more than 12 million without showdown.
flop, Eibinger check-raised from 100,000 to 384,000 and Watson called with just over 2 million behind.
followed on the turn and Eibinger bet 414,800 into 1,220,000, as Watson stuck around to see the 
on the river. Eibinger now moved all in with his towering stack and Watson eventually called to get shown the 
flop and they then checked down the 
river and Rudolph snap-folded.
and that left Smiljkovic with fewer than one full ante.
