Enzo Del Piero raised to 130,000 and Joe Johnson moved all in, Del Piero folded. Then, Johnson shoved from the small blind and Del Piero called.
Enzo Del Piero:
Joe Johnson:
"Oh my god, he might win it with the ducks," the rail of Johnson said. However, Del Piero paired up on the flop and stayed in the lead for the turn and river to double up for 1,005,000. Back to square one.
On the turn, Enzo del Piero bet 175,000 and Joe Johnson called before the river completed the board.
Del Piero now checked and Johnson bet for what looked like 355,000. Del Piero eventually called and then glanced over to the other side of the table as Johnson had tabled . Del Piero double-checked the board and then flipped over his for sixes and fours.
The last few hands of the level went to Joe Johnson and he managed to jump back into the lead. At the end of the level, both players were informed that the event moves back to the Lounge that featured the action last night. Back in a bit!
The two remaining players are separated by less than a big blind for the upcoming level and are currently looking into a chip chop deal that would leave money and the trophy on the side.
Both traded a couple pots without any significant change to the counts and Enzo Del Piero won a few limped pots against Joe Johnson before losing a raised pot. The duo also agreed to reduce the clock per level to half an hour as well to speed up the process of crowning a champion.
Joe Johnson raised to 160,000 and Enzo Del Piero call. The flop fell and Del Piero check-called a bet worth 150,000 before the turn and river went check, check. Del Piero announced king-high and Johnson asked "chop?" then showed his . Del Piero had and the kicker played.
Enzo Del Piero ran a successful bluff and showed for seven-high before a min-raised pot then headed to the flop. Del Piero checked, as did initial raiser Joe Johnson. On the turn, Del Piero bet 100,000 and was called before doing so again for 180,000 on the river.
"Ace high," Del Piero announced and Johnson showed to claim the pot.
After a series of very fast hands, the stack of Enzo Del Piero has melted by one million after Joe Johnson got the best of him in two middle-sized pot. One included a third pair versus bottom pair and then a pair of sevens with the slightly better kicker.
Then, Del Piero called a raise to 160,000 preflop and check-called a continuation bet on the flop. The turn brought no action before Del Piero check-folded the river to a bet of 350,000. Same happened two hands later to see Del Piero fall back at a serious disadvantage.