Andrey "Kroko-dill" Zaichenko has taken over the lead and several other players are above or just shy of one million in chips.
One of them is Zaichenko's countryman "fortunato_2b" who four-bet to 95,000 against "allan sheik". Once called, they checked down the board and the of "fortunato_2b" was good enough to win the pot.
"aaldert-92" got his stack in with the the very moment the re-entry period closed and the hand also featured "Kraskata85" who then timed out to the reshove of fellow bigger stack "allan sheik".
"aaldert-92" was up against and failed to hold up on a board.
A few hands later, "Kraskata85" was involved in the action again and this time fired a triple-barrel bluff with just nine-high to create a pot of nearly half a million in chips against "etxnl01".
Even without the re-entries, the event would have surpassed the guarantee of $750,000 comfortable as 890 unique players bought in. On top of that they purchased 267 re-entries to create a field of 1,157 entries and prize pool of $1,157,000.
Claas "ssicK_OnE" Segebrecht and Leqenden both fired the maximum of three bullets to no success and have been eliminated. The late registration is about to close as several other notables including PokerStars ambassador Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas ran out of chips. Some may still jump right back in at the last minute with 20 big blinds for the next level.
PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis has been running hot as of lately and moved above half a million in chips. He earned some further chips as well as a bounty in a three-way all-in but missed out on a second bonus.
RPILON min-raised to 8,000 in the hijack and Veldhuis called in the small blind. "guitey then jammed the big blind, "RPILON" raised and called the shove of Veldhuis to create the following showdown.
The action towards the end of the late registration period has picked up another notch and there are 535 players out of 1,113 entries remaining. The latest three casualties happened on behalf of "Passiveaggro" and Körrinho with the former knocking out two opponents and the latter one.
"Biocid" had just doubled through Körrinho and then jammed the button with , which "Körrinho" called out of the big blind with the and the board was worth a payday of $250.
"GROSZEK S" raised, "Sintoras" three-bet and "Passiveaggro" four-bet. Two all-ins followed and "Passiveaggro" called with ace-king to face jacks and kings. You won't believe what happened next:
It has certainly been a rollercoaster ride for James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins as his stack fluctuated heavily. For now he is back on the rise after he knocked out "Fear1sWisdom" with versus . Both had flopped top pair on a in a battle big blind versus button.
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins busts one
Fintan "easywithaces" Gand also earned an urgently needed double-up. The PokerStars ambassador three-bet jammed for around half the starting stack out of the big blind with and initial raiser "BC1989RF" called with . The outcome can be found below.
Double for easywithaces
As the end of the registration period is nearly in sight, the fourth 5-minute break has commenced with 555 players out of 1,112 entries remaining.