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In a battle of the blinds, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg limped in and "Hatrick19911" checked his option. Both players opted to check the 
flop and Spragg check-called bets of 225,000 and 562,500 on the 
turn and 
river. "Hatrick19911" tabled 
for two pair and won the pot.
Spragg was down to fewer than four big blinds and jammed the next button, which prompted a quick call from Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle.
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg: 
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle: 
The board came 
and Spragg douvled to nearly nine big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,888,268
237,288
|
237,288 |
|
4,347,220
876,358
|
876,358 |
|
884,576
301,962
|
301,962 |
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo raised the cutoff and was called by Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts. Addamo checked the 
flop, as did Aerts, and Addamo then check-called bets of 400,000 on the 
turn and 1.15 million on the 
river. Aerts tabled 
for top pair and won the pot.
Shortly after on the same table, Max "goodeh99" Silver defended the big blind against a cutoff raise of David "deivid29" Tovar and check-called 197,175 on a 
flop. Silver checked the 
turn and jammed for nearly 3 million when Tovar had bet 550,000, no call followed.
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins also further increased his stack as the usual "defend the big blind and check-call a flop bet" scenario took place versus Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia. As the 
turn went check, check, Hopkins then bet the river for 676,253 and picked up a call by the Brazilian. The for top two pair by Hopkins claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,814,931
2,135,000
|
2,135,000 |
|
11,715,580
3,398,750
|
3,398,750 |
|
||
|
|
11,382,268
1,720,378
|
1,720,378 |
|
5,139,256
1,852,878
|
1,852,878 |
|
4,539,373
497,925
|
497,925 |
|
||
|
2,817,966
1,418,425
|
1,418,425 |
Before the blind went up, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis raised from early position and was called by Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle on the button. Veldhuis continued for 326,700 into a pot of 594,000 on the 
flop and picked up a call to check the turn. Rolle bet 354,412 and folded to a shove.
After the hand was over, Ben "Spraggy" Spragg tossed a virtual box of tissues over to Rolle.
In the meanwhile, Michael "imluckbox" Addamo three-bet an open raise by "MLS20" for 220,000 and a cold call by Michael "merla888" Gathy to 1.05 million while in the big blind. A shove for nearly 4.1 million by "MLS20" followed to force out Gathy and Addamo snap-called.
"MLS20": 
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo:
The 
board left the Austrian drawing dead on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,949,931
4,375,392
|
4,375,392 |
|
|
7,405,215
282,650
|
282,650 |
|
|
7,125,556
1,813,162
|
1,813,162 |
|
|
3,436,668
1,259,362
|
1,259,362 |
|
Busted |
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 12,500
Right after coming back from the first break, the action folded to Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin in the small blind and he jammed into the big blind of short stack Andrey "Kot_Spartac" Kotelnikov. The Russian called for around a million and his 
remained ahead versus throughout a 
board.
Ricardo "riversouza" Souza raised and then four-bet to 1.35 million from under the gun when facing resistance from James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins. A five-bet shove by Hopkins was called from Souza whop was the player at risk for nearly 4.3 million in chips.
Ricardo "riversouza" Souza:
James "Cmon_Gasquet" Hopkins: 
On a board of 
, aces reigned supreme and Souza was out in 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,661,890
4,499,635
|
4,499,635 |
|
|
7,118,377
21,005
|
21,005 |
|
2,127,840
886,695
|
886,695 |
|
|
Busted |
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo and Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts won bigger pots before the first scheduled 5-minute break as 32 players remain.
Addamo defended his big blind against a raise by Michael "merla888" Gathy and overbet the turn for 625,000 into a pot of 509,400. Gathy made the call and folded the river to a bet of 2.16 million.
Up next, "girafganger7" raised to 189,000 and Aerts came along out of the big blind. Aerts check-raised the 
flop to 540,000 and led the turn for 585,000, which "girafganger7" called. After the river, Aerts bet 2.25 million and "girafganger7" relictantly called to get shown 
for trips deuces by Aerts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,574,539
1,108,353
|
1,108,353 |
|
|
8,316,830
2,876,956
|
2,876,956 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,122,565
539,529
|
539,529 |
|
|
4,868,289
346,500
|
346,500 |
|
|
4,236,391
884,473
|
884,473 |
|
|
4,041,448
756,264
|
756,264 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,246,871
2,778,705
|
2,778,705 |
|
|
3,139,192
545,000
|
545,000 |
Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani was left with crumbs on his previous table not long ago but has since doubled up twice to remain in contention. He once again faces two countrymen on his new table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,992,134
66,325
|
66,325 |
|
5,428,144
1,278,750
|
1,278,750 |
|
|
5,162,255
87,548
|
87,548 |
|
|
4,649,818
326,250
|
326,250 |
|
4,524,804
586,600
|
586,600 |
|
|
4,319,635
161,864
|
161,864 |
|
3,854,937
564,948
|
564,948 |
|
|
1,355,516
396,653
|
396,653 |
Lex L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis was all-in with the and needed help as Ben "Ben86" Tollerene looked him up with the 
.
Veldhuis picked up chop outs on the flop, turned a flushdraw with the and instead binked the 
river to remain in contention. Fellow PokerStars ambassador Ben "Spraggy" Spragg lost some chips on the same table shortly after.
There were another three all-in showdowns in which two players were eliminated to reduce the field to the final four tables.
David "deivid29" Tovar flopped the nut straight with to double through Michael "imluckbox" Addamo's 
for top pair on the 
board.
Ignat "0human0" Liviu raised to 198,900 and Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli called in the hijack with fewer than 1.5 million behind. Liviu check-jammed the 
flop and Loosli called.
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli:
Ignat "0human0" Liviu:
The turn and river sent Loosli to the rail.
Last but not least, Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto was eliminated in a battle of Brazilians when his in the small blind clashed with Pablo "pabritz" Brito's on the button. The 
board failed to provide sufficient help for Mastelotto.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,214,789
1,379,992
|
1,379,992 |
|
|
4,323,568
358,416
|
358,416 |
|
2,509,574
668,028
|
668,028 |
|
|
2,177,306
461,778
|
461,778 |
|
|
1,186,538
1,227,556
|
1,227,556 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 28
Blinds: 45,000/90,000
Ante: 11,250
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