Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis entered the fray late on and nearly doubled his stack already.
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira won't be able to enter anymore as he lost his third and final bullet with against the of Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark as the board provided no help.
Clark held onto the chips for one hand as his then stood no chance against Patrick "pads1161" Leonard on a board to lose the entire profit right away.
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez min-raised from under the gun and was called by Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist in the cutoff, "kimokh" in the small blind and Mike "SirWatts" Watson in the big blind. On the flop, Benitez check-raised a bet of 35,000 by Nordkvist to 103,163 and picked up a call to go heads-up to the turn.
Benitez bet 226,932 and Nordkvist called once more to see the river with 656,246 behind. Benitez made it 506,815 to go and Nordkvist called to get shown a bluff by the Uruguayan, who was caught with . Nordkvist won the massive pot of 1.77 million with for a flopped set.
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.
Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen three-bet shoved the cutoff for 202,004 and was called by Niklas "Lena900" Astedt in the hijack.
Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen:
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt:
It was all but done after a flop while the turn provided some outs. The blank on the river failed to improve the Dane and he was gone for the second time.
The same applied for Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira" when his ended up second-best to the of Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov. A board of gave Ustimov an unbeatable jack-high straight on the turn.
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan then busted on his third and final bullet and 74 players out of 142 entries headed into a 5-minute break. The two-time 2020 SCOOP winner could not get there with against "kimokh" and his on a board.
On the river of a board , Andras "probirs" Nemeth and "silentm0de" clashed and the latter ended up at risk from early position with the for a jack-high straight. "silentm0de" had riverd the nuts with and sent Nemeth out, who then re-entered for his third and final bullet.
Some other late entries and eliminations can be found below.
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas opened to 16,000 from under the gun right before the blinds went up and Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof three-bet to 46,000 from one seat over with a stack right above what he started with. Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger as the table chip leader moved all-in to force out Bujtas and van Hoof called.
Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof:
Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger:
Neither ace, king or broadway cards appeared on a board to eliminate van Hoof for now.
Joao "Naza114" Vieira had doubled not long ago but once his stack was cut back down, he took a flip with against the of "silentm0de" and the board failed to provide clubs or his overcards.
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet bowed out on a different table shortly after when he ran preflop with into the of Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel. The flop all but sealed it and the turn made things official, the river became a formality.
In a battle of the Scandinavians, "WRUUUUM" came out on top with as Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras could not get there with on a board to drop below the starting stack.
A few hands later, Patrick "pads1161 Leonard was all-in for fewer than half the starting stack with and "WRUUUUM" made the call in the cutoff with . The board sent Leonard out, too.