Just before the blinds had gone up, Peter "Apathy123" Jetten had defended the small blind and check-called a bet of 360,000 on the flop. The turn was checked and Jetten check-called another bet of 1.6 million by "WhatIfGod" on the river to muck when being shown the .
Jorma "jobetzu" Nuutinen jammed for the last few chips from the small blind and were called by Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic in the big blind.
Jorma "jobetzu" Nuutinen:
Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic:
The last few minutes had not been as kind for early front runner "jokkee_apart" and they were down to just over 5.5 million and raised to 547,000. Daniel "dougiedan678" McAulay moved in with the superior stack from the small blind and "jokkee_apart" called.
"jokkee_apart":
Daniel "dougiedan678" McAulay:
On a board of , Simunic hit the nine and that spelled the end for Nuutinen.
While the flop paired up "jokkee_apart", they had to hope for a chop on the turn as McAulay had improved to the nuts. Instead, a blank followed on the river to send "jokkee_apart out.
Following a raise to 500,000 by WhatIfGod" on the button, "0$kar15" three-bet to 2,625,000 in the big blind with 689,393 behind and then called all-in when they were being raised.
"0$kar15":
"WhatIfGod":
The kicker played a crucial role on the board as "WhatIfGod" made aces and tens to eliminate "0$kar15" in 32nd place.
Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic fired a triple barrel bluff in a battle of the blinds on a board of and tabled the when Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi called all-in after the river. The Brazilian had for queens full of aces to score a big double.
Bruschi then knocked out a short-stacked Nabil "the_djemba" Cardoso with versus in a battle button versus big blind. The board ran out for Bruschi to make two pair.
Simunic held in a flip to get back in contention when he was at risk against Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno.
Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic:
Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno:
On a board of , Simunic made trips aces to survive.
"DingeBrinker" escaped from elimination with against the of Michael "munchenHB" Telker on a board of .
In the meanwhile, Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov had chipped up a ton while Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques remained the dominating chip leader at the table.
"[Removed:559]" then took on Marques and three-bet to 1,325,000, which the Portuguese called. Marques check-called a first bet of 558,450 on the flop and another 1,452,627 on the turn. On the river, Marques checked and folded to a shove.
Cecilia "princes chu" Cafaro called a raise to 525,000 by Tonio "prrrak4783" Röder and "IamBuddhaa" also came along out of the big blind. They checked through a flop and Cafaro bet the turn for 917,500, picking up a call by "IamBuddhaa".
The river was checked and Cafaro tabled the for queens up to win the pot.
After their stack was cut down to just over three million in chips, "IamBuddhaa" got it in from the small blind and big stack Denys "SantaZzz" Chufarin called right away in the big blind.
"IamBuddhaa":
Denys "SantaZzz" Chufarin:
Nothing at all changed on the board, sending "IamBuddhaa" to the rail in 30th place.
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov forced a fold from Michael "munchenHB" Telker when betting the turn to claim a pot of 4.65 million.
One hand later, "Kakalala" raised to 625,000 and called a three-bet to 1,887,000 by Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques. On a flop, "Kakalala" check-called 1,131,000 and the turn and river were checked. "Kakalala" tabled and that won the pot.