Commanding Lead for "zazano"; Veldhuis Short on Second Break
Level 25
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
Immediately after the cards were in the air for the final nine, chip leader "zazano" pulled further ahead and raked in a 2.8 million pot when his 
flopped a set on the 
board.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis had defended the big blind against a min-raise and check-called bets of 185,625 on the flop and 450,000 on the turn. Veldhuis check-called another 500,000 on the river and was left on fewer than nine and a half big blinds.
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist then won a pot versus "EEE27" and "zazano" scooped more chips without showdown. The finalists then headed into a scheduled 5-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,160,790 | 1,889,975 |
|
|
7,861,007 | 1,250,000 |
|
|
6,234,876 | -262,500 |
|
|
5,528,090 | 108,150 |
|
3,806,610 | -1,512,500 |
|
2,850,461 | -500,000 |
|
2,592,106 | 525,000 |
|
1,139,846 | |
|
|
826,214 | -1,498,125 |