Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud bounced back by winning a pot against second-placed "serggorelyi7" with versus on a board and his min-raised into the big blind of "MarinkaHT" soon after. The call of "MarinkaHT" followed but all resistance ended on the flop.
It was the very first hand Day 1 chip leader "Goallinfishara" actively played and he open-shoved for just shy of 12 million from early position. "sergorelyi7" used more than 80 seconds of his time bank and called on the button, which then prompted Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic to activate his time bank and call all-in for 11,847,175 in the small blind.
"Goallinfishara":
Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic:
"serggorelyi7":
The flop gave both Stojanovic and "sergorelyi7" a set and the turn opened up some three-way chop outs if another heart was to come. Instead, the river bricked off and Stojanovic essentially tripled up thanks to the big blind and antes. For "Goallinfishara", the tournament ended in 9th place and he takes home $67,992.
Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic four-bet jammed into three-bettor "serggorelyi7" and forced a fold. The Russian would take another hit in a bigger pot against Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud soon after, too.
Chilaud min-raised from under the gun and "serggorelyi7" called from two seats over to see the flop which both players checked. Chilaud bet the turn for 1,885,555 and called a raise to 5,721,110. The river was checked and Chilaud tabled as the winning hand.
"MarinkaHT" then raised to 1.5 million and folded to Chilaud's shove in the big blind.
"LeslieGroves" won the last hand before the remaining players headed on a scheduled five-minute break. The blinds have also just gone up and the level duration until the end lasts 30 minutes each.
In a battle of Russians, "LeslieGroves" raised it up to 1.4 million and "serggorelyi7" three-bet to 4.9 million in the small blind, which was called by "LeslieGroves".
They both opted to check the flop and "serggorelyi7" check-called the turn for 6.3 million. No betting action followed on the river and "serggorelyi7" won the pot with for trips tens.
A min-raise by Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud saw short stack "isscreamo" move all in for fewer than 4 million total out of the big blind and the chip leader called to set up the following showdown.
"isscreamo":
Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud:
The flop left the player from Belarus with running outs only and the turn made his departure official as a meaningless fell on the river. "isscreamo" takes home $84,650 for their efforts.
It all started rather innocent with a min-raise to 1.4 million by "LeslieGroves" and "serggorelyi7" called in the small blind. On a flop of , "serggorelyi7" check-called a first barrel worth 1,028,125 and checked again the turn on which "serggorelyi7" check-called another 4,318,125.
That led to the river and "serggorelyi7" checked the third street in a row. "LeslieGroves" had 13,169,703 behind and moved all-in to send their countryman deep into the tank. A big portion of the time bank was used and "serggorelyi7" made the hero call to get shown , which they had beat with .
LeslieGroves Eliminated in 7th Place
"LeslieGroves" has been eliminated in 7th place and takes gome $117,128.
Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic raised it up to 1,407,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by "serggorelyi7" in the big blind. On a flop, "serggorelyi7" check-called 2.45 million and led the turn for 2,841,750 in order to pick up a call by Stojanovic.
They checked the on the river and Stojanovic was good with as "serggorelyi7" only had for interior two pair.
Chip leader Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud made it 1,4 million to go and second in chips "serggorelyi7" three-bet to 4.55 milliom on the button, which Chilaud called.
On a flop of , Chilaud check-called a bet of 3,206,250 and did so again for 8,815,625 on the turn. The was checked by both and Chilaud's for top pair was enough to win the large pot and establish a commanding lead with more than half of the chips in play.