"AbsoluteFish" completed their small blind and Alexandre "Cavalito" Mantovani three-bet shoved from the big blind for 268,708 which "AbsoluteFish" called.
Alexandre "Cavalito" Mantovani:
"AbsoluteFish":
The board ran out for "AbsoluteFish" to flop the pair of fives to send the Brazilian to the rail.
"Anchises1" raised to 120,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson in the big blind who opted to defend.
The flop came , Jeppsson check-called the 138,900 continuation-bet of "Anchises1".
The turn was the and Jeppsson checked again. This time, "Anchises1" bet 360,000 and was called.
The river completed the board with the and Jeppsson checked for the last time. "Anchises1" bet enough to put Jeppsson all-in who called for the 1,036,568 he had behind with the for two pair but "Anchises1" held the for trips.
"Tsiakkas59" limped in from the early position and "CruSader1981" did the same from the middle position. Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs shoved from the button for 857,212 and Marcel "Mr. Sparco" Vonk reshoved for 961,170 from the small blind for the rest to fold.
"BOB de huisbaas" raised to 320,000 from the middle position and "Rushton14" three-bet to 800,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to "BOB de huisbaas" who four-bet shoved for 5,078,714 which "Rushton14" called with the bigger stack.
"BOB de huisbaas":
"Rushton14":
The board ran out for "BOB de huisbaas" to double up with the rivered set.
"UnHuman3" raised to 400,000 from under the gun and "haris_at" three-bet to 1,160,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to "UnHuman3" who made the call.
The flop came , "haris_at" continued with a bet of 980,000 for "UnHuman3" to check-jam with the bigger stack. "haris_at" called for the 6,747,475 they had behind.
"haris_at":
"UnHuman3":
They had both flopped a set but "UnHuman3" was behind with the lower one until the rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to give them quads to bust "haris_at".
"GMSimio23" raised to 700,000 from the cutoff and Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder defended his big blind.
The flop came , Mulder check-raised the 567,000 continuation-bet of "GMSimio23" to 1,134,000 for "GMSimio23" to shove for 4,134,521 which Mulder called.
"GMSimio23":
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder:
"GMSimio23" had flopped top pair but Mulder held the overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Mulder to stay ahead.
Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood raised to 1,000,000 from the early position and "Vespillo77" three-bet to 2,500,000 from the hijack for the action to fold back to Greenwood. He opted to shove for 10,083,433 and "Vespillo77" called with the bigger stack.
Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood:
"Vespillo77":
The flop came for "Vespillo77" to hit the higher pair immediately.
The turn was the to leave Greenwood with one out to stay alive but the river completed the board with the to give "Vespillo77" trips instead.
Guilherme "gui2x" Oliveira raised to 1,400,000 from the middle position and "UnHuman3" three-bet shoved from the small blind for Oliveira to call for the 21,418,769 he had behind.
Guilherme "gui2x" Oliveira:
"UnHuman3":
The board ran out for "UnHuman3" to hold with the nines to bust Oliveira.
While "tobinater1" was eliminated over on one of the other tables, another hand was in progress before the tournament could be paused for Day 3.
"Olegent" had raised to 1,680,000 from the button and "Nutter17" had three-bet shoved for 7,702,611 from the big blind and was called by the bigger stack.
"Nutter17":
"Olegent":
The board ran out for both of them to turn the top pair but for "Nutter17" to bust in 24th place in the end just before the day ended.
Day 2 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] has come to an end after more than eight hours of play with 23 players making it through to the final day. They have all secured at least $10,887 out of the $6,371,000 prize pool but are all looking to grab that first-place prize of $632,426.
There were 29,463 entries on Day 1 and with the late registration and reentry period open until the delayed start of Day 2, another 2,392 were collected. The 23,994 unique players reentered 7,861 times to get to 31,855 entries in total and 4,463 of them got paid. No hand-for-hand play was needed for the bubble to burst in this big field.
Coming back for the final day with the chip lead is Romania's "UnHuman3" with a whopping 122,991,718 in chips, worth 154 big blinds when play resumes. They aren't the only Romanian players left in the field as "Sergiu "seserman01" Cornea" (55,211,856) and "Eduardnho11" (44,417,889) join them in the top five. The players preventing them from forming a top three are "Olegent" (77,440,795) and "DoEasyMoney" (62,808,998).
"UnHuman3" claimed the chip lead in the latter stages of the tournament after taking out Guilherme "gui2x" Oliveira and Rafael "RafaCorreaBR" Correa in quick succession but "€plov2" and Gustavo "gremistaAK" Pinto are still left in the running for Brazil.
Day 1 chip leader "Magdebob1993" had a bit of a swingy day but managed to survive with 31,311,886 chips in the end to end in the middle of the pack. Not everyone was that lucky though, Tom "hitthehole" Middleton, Ryan "HITTHEPANDA" Franklin, Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder, Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood, Antonio "Biodelic420" Henrique, and Tsolmon "tsoomoo89" Ochir all made the top 100 but not Day 3.
When play resumes at 6:05 p.m. GMT on Tuesday, January 5 for Day 3, the remaining players will finish Level 53 which features a small blind of 400,000, a big blind of 800,000, and a running ante of 100,000. Once 16 players are left, the level duration will increase to 20 minutes each and play will continue until a champion can be crowned.
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