Big Pot for Nordkvist; Double for Greenwood; Ruijs Busts
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist took a chunk out of the big stack of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez right before the blinds went up.
The Swede had opened to 19,080 from under the gun and called a hefty three-bet to 63,000 by Benitez in the cutoff. Nordkvist then check-raised the 
flop to 166,063 and was called. They checked the 
on the turn and Nordkvist's bet of 230,160 on the 
river was called to reveal 
for a straight.
One hand later on the same table, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov raised the cutoff and called the button shove of Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood with 
. Greenwood was ahead with 
and the kicker played on a 
board.
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs was not as fortunate as Greenwood. "biszibosz" limp-called a raise to 32,500 out of the small blind and check-raised the 
flop from 18,000 to 47,800. Ruijs called and also called all-in after the turn for his last 113,165.
Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs: 
"biszibosz": 
The river was a blank and Ruijs was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,099,757 | -304,948 |
|
1,007,591 | 757,591 |
|
|
692,919 | 692,919 |
|
|
398,172 | 398,172 |
|
299,671 | -298,845 |
|
Busted |