Pocket aces were around for two eliminations when Guilherme "teruliro" Orrico picked them up with 
and "pitabread189" three-bet jammed with the 
. The board came 
and that was it.
An even bigger pot emerged between "TheDegenFund" and "[Removed:559]" as they got it in for nearly 1 million chips total.
"TheDegenFund": 
"[Removed:559]": 
Nothing changed on the 
board to reduce the field further.
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli defended his big blind and got the remaining chips in after the 
flop against Estonia's "NeedBeat".
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli: 
"NeedBeat": 
Loosli had to avoid a spade or king but was drawing dead on the 
turn which made the 
river a mere formality.
Below are the top 10 stacks and further notables in the top 30 at the most recent break.
Level: 14
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
The last hour has not been as pleasant for the last remaining PokerStars ambassador in the field as Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis dropped to a short stack. He managed to double once against Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins who then subsequently also doubled another short stack.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: 
Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins:
The board came 
for Veldhuis to double and remain in contention.
With 452 players out of 946 entries remaining, the field went into another scheduled 5-minute break shortly after.
In a battle of the blinds, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan limped in and "Lavrik-mastr" raised to 40,000, which Drinan called.
The flop fell 
and Drinan check-shoved for 355,494 in order to pick up a quick call.
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan:
"Lavrik-mastr": 
Drinan's straight draw was live even after the turn but the river was a blank.
All three Stadium Series Sunday Final High tier winners have been eliminated as Luan "Pseudo Fruto" Felipe was the last to run out of chips, along with several other big names of the online and live poker circuit.
There are only 486 players out of 945 entries remaining and that number is dropping rapidly as of lately.
Among others, Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon lost the fight with his short stack after he ended up all-in and at risk preflop in a battle hijack versus cutoff against "Biocid".
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon:
"Biocid":
The UK-based Spanish poker pro could not solve the kicker problem on the 
board.
Level: 13
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,250
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann has added even more chips to his stack after he sent Stefan "mindgamer" [Removed:552] to the rail, who was at risk for fewer than 18 big blinds.
Stefan "mindgamer" [Removed:552]: 
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann:
The 
board failed to improve [Removed:552].
A few hands later, Victor "VICTOR TXR1" Teixeira defended his big blind against Hartmann's button raise and check-shoved the flop for 11 blinds which Hartmann called in an instant.
Victor "VICTOR TXR1" Teixeira: 
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann:
The turn and river were a formality.
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