"Imbajimbaa" opened the button for 270,000. Joao "Naza114" Vieira, the big blind, was the sole caller.
On the 3♥5♥4♦ flop, "Imbajimbaa" called a bet of 207,900. After the Q♦ turn went check-check, "Imbajimbaa" fired for 522,900 on the 3♦ river, earning a fold from Vieira.
"Imbajimbaa" scooped the pot, reclaiming the chip lead they had held at the start of the day.
"ADIBO" opened the button for 315,000. Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta, in the big blind, was the only caller.
On the 4♠10♥Q♥ flop, "ADIBO" continued for 720,000, the size of the pot. Joentausta responded with a shove worth 848,126 total and got a call.
Aku "Aku1206" Joentausta: J♣10♣8♥7♦
"ADIBO": K♠K♣K♥3♦
Joentausta had a slight lead, but the 3♣ turn left him as a 2:1 dog to survive. Luckily for him, the 7♣ river improved him to two pair, enough to scoop the pot, stay alive, and double up.
Level: 28
Blinds: 45,000/90,000
Ante: 9,000
"anonymstruts" opened from the cutoff for 225,000 and got one caller, "Imbajimbaa" in the small blind.
On the 9♣2♣10♠ flop, "Imbajimbaa" check-called a bet of 292,500. After the J♥ turn, went check-check, "Imbajimbaa" fired out 386,100 on the 9♠ river. This proved to be too much for "anonymstruts", who let their hand go to concede the pot. This pulled these two players to a near tie at the top of the chip leaderboard.
Action folded to "anonymstruts" in the small blind, who put in a raise to 240,000. "ADIBO", the big blind, bumped it up to 720,000 and got a call.
On the 3♠Q♠8♣ flop, "anonymstruts" opened for the pot, worth 1,480,000. "ADIBO" raised all in for 2,182,112 total and got a call.
"ADIBO": A♦A♠J♣2♦
"anonymstruts": K♥Q♥J♥10♣
Equities were near even, but after the 7♦2♥ runout, the pocket aces were still best for "ADIBO", who scooped the pot to double up.
"anonymstruts" opened under the gun to 216,000. Joao "Naza114" Vieira and "jokkee_apart" made the call out of the blinds.
On the 10♥J♣10♣ flop, "anonymstruts" continued for 176,000. Vieira got out of the way while "jokkee_apart" made the call. "jokkee_apart" check-called again on the 2♥ turn, now for 624,000.
On the 3♦ river, "anonymstruts" fired another bullet, big enough to put their opponent all-in. "jokkee_apart" made the call for their remaining 2,217,468.
"jokkee_apart": A♠J♥10♠5♦
"anonymstruts": A♥K♥J♦J♠
"jokkee_apart" had tens full of jacks, but was just beaten by the jacks full of tens held by "anonymstruts". "jokkee_apart" was sent to the rail in 6th place for a cash of $57,127.40, while "anonymstruts" took a fairly commanding chip lead.
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 8,000
Joao "Naza114" Vieira opened under the gun to 245,000. "eltucu64" made the call on the big blind.
The 2♠K♣8♥ flop went check-check, before "eltucu64" put in their remaining 229,914 chips on the 4♥ turn. Vieira made the call.
"eltucu64": Q♠J♦8♦6♣
Joao "Naza114" Vieira: K♠K♦Q♥J♥
Vieira already had his opponent drawing dead with his set of kings before the Q♦ river completed the board. "eltucu64" became the first casualty of today's final table, taking home a prize of $43,986.40 for their efforts.
After an open to 210,000 from "eltucu64", "ADIBO" bumped it up to 700,000 out of the small blind, with the opener alone calling.
On the Q♣3♣J♠ flop, "ADIBO" fired out a continuation bet of 759,000. "eltucu64" folded, conceding the pot.
Cards in the air and Day 3 action is officially underway!
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