Play is nearly one-fourth of the way through the second half-hour level of the tournament, and "Leqenden" has pulled back above the 20 million-mark. Here's a look at the current counts.
Hand #1: Action folded around to "Leqenden" on the button, who jammed. "chicalltreta" called all in for 7.1 million in the big blind.
"chicalltreta":
"Leqenden":
A deuce was the first card to come on the runout, but it was also accompanied by a queen on the flop . The turn and river completed the runout leaving the landscape unchanged and "chicalltreta" found a double through "Leqenden."
Hand #2: Three hands later, "serggorelyi7" shoved for just under 3 million in the small blind and "Leqenden" called in the big blind.
"serggorelyi7":
"Leqenden":
"serggorelyi7" found a king on the flop and was able to hold as the board ran out to secure the double as five-handed play continues.
Updated chip cuonts for all five remaining players have been provided.
Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof was in the small blind and jammed for 4.35 million upon action folding around to him. "PapeDeuce" called in the big blind.
Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof:
"PapeDeuce":
Van Hoof needed to find help and instead saw his opponent make top pair, top kicker on the flop . He needed to hit running cards to stay alive, and the turn gave him four live outs at the double on the river. Unfortunately for him, it fell and he was eliminated in sixth place.
"PapeDeuce" opened the action with a raise to 735,000 on the button. "Leqenden" defended their big blind and the two saw a flop of . Both players checked.
Action again checked through the turn and the river came . "Leqenden" led out for 1.26 million, sending "PapeDeuce" into the tank. Eventually, they raised to 3.85 million and "Leqenden" went into the tank for a moment before finding a call.
"PapeDeuce" showed for a pair of deuces, and their bluff was no good to "Leqenden's" , which earned them the pot with the straight.
"Leqenden" now finds themselves with 24 million, becoming the first player to reach 20 million in the tournament. Meanwhile, "PapeDeuce" is now at 7.85 million.
Action folded around to "PapeDeuce" in the small blind, who jammed to effectively put "Lackoo87gcb" all in for 2.4 million. "Lackoo87gcb" quickly called.
"Lackoo87gcb":
"PapeDeuce":
"Lackoo87gcb" was all but guaranteed the double as the flop came , but the turn and river gave "PapeDeuce" trips in improbable fashion to pull ahead and eliminate "Lackoo87gcb" from the tournament in seventh place.
"PapeDeuce" opened the action with a raise to 735,000 in the hijack and "flippetyflop" three-bet jammed 5.4 million in the cutoff. "Leqenden" cold four-bet shoved for 9.5 million and "PapeDeuce" folded to let the other two players have at it.
"flippetyflop":
"Leqenden":
"flippetyflop" was in trouble and at risk for their tournament life as their tens had run into the kings of "Leqenden." However, the flop came to give "flippetyflop" top set. The turn came ; however, the river fell shortly behind it to improve "Leqenden" to a set of kings and leave "flippetyflop's" set of tens no good.
As a result, "flippetyflop" was eliminated from the tournament in eighth place, earning $25,202 for their efforts.