It started with a raise to 368,000 by "EEE27" from under the gun and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet three-bet to 1,200,000 out of the big blind. "EEE27" moved all-in and Van Fleet instantly called for more than 5.3 million.
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
"EEE27":
On a board of , Van Fleet locked up the double on the turn.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle then limped under the gun and it folded to "EEE27" in the big blind, who checked. On a flop, the Finn used a portion of his time bank and jammed the last two and a half big blinds with the , Rolle called with
A miracle runout on turn and river kept "EEE27" in contention and both traded emojis in chat, which the Finn concluded with a shark.
"EEE27" doubled once more with against the of Van Fleet on a runout but remained the shortest stack with five remaining.
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist limped the small blind and called a raise to 560,000 by "zazano" in the big blind. On a flop, Nordkvist check-called a bet of 402,600 and they checked the turn. Nordkvist check-called another 720,000 on the river and "zazano" won the pot with for top pair.
A few smaller pots followed of which "zazano" collected most and he pulled into a comfortable lead over the rest of the field.
A min-raise to 400,000 by "zazano" resulted in the shove of "EEE27" on the button and Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist in the big blind used a portion of his time bank before making the call, which got "zazano" out of the way.
"EEE27":
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist:
The board gave "EEE27" a flush and he doubled.
"zazano" then limped i from the small blind and "Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised to 600,000 in the big blind, "zazano" made the call. After a flop, "zazano" check-called 728,750 and they checked the turn and river to award the pot to "zazano" with the .
Two hands later, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle was all-in out of the big blind and initial raiser "zazano" snap-called in the cutoff.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
"zazano":
The flop gave Rolle more outs and he got there thanks to the turn and river runout.
In the last hand prior to a scheduled 5-minute break, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle lost a chunk of his stack to drop back to the shortest stack of all five players remaining.
Rolle had implemented a limping strategy a while ago and won two pots, he then limped again from under the gun and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet filled up from the small blind, "EEE27" checked his option in the big blind.
The flop brought no betting action and "EEE27" bet the turn for 386,000, which only Rolle called. The Finn also bet the river for 754,000 and Rolle used more than 30 seconds of his time bank before making the call. "EEE27" tabled for second pair and that won the pot.
"zazano" min-raised to 400,000 and was called by Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet on the button. The flop was checked and "zazano" bet nearly the pot on the turn to force a fold.
The next min-raise by the chip leader was called by Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist in the big blind, who checked and called a bet worth 246,000 on the flop. Nordkvist check-called another 800,000 on the turn and "zazano" gave up on the river to check behind- Nordkvist tabled for trips aces and that won the pot.
Down to just 11 big blinds, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle jammed the cutoff and the action folded to Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, who used a decent portion of his remaining time bank in the big blind to then make the call.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
After a board of , Rolle doubled and left a single question mark in table chat.
In the final hand of the level, Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised the button to 500,000 and called the shove of Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle in the big blind to end up as the player at risk.
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Rolle remained ahead on the flop and the turn but the on the river gave Van Fleet broadway.