Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois won the first two hands of heads-up, the first one preflop and the second when betting the turn. Right after that, Lefrancois and Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson headed into a scheduled 5-minute break without any deal discussion thus far.
Down to around 10 big blinds, Will "hellzito Arruda jammed the button and was called by Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois in the small blind. Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson jammed for more than 40 million in the big blind and Lefrancois folded.
Will "hellzito" Arruda:
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson:
The dominated ace found no help or chop on a board of to end Arruda's run in third place for $230,229.63. Heads-up will commence with near even stacks for Lefrancois and Karlsson.
In a limped pot, Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois checked the flop and called a min-bet by Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson to then check-call another 2.66 million on the turn. They checked the on the river and Lefrancois tabled for a full house.
Two Hands later, Will "hellzito" Arruda limped the small blind and called a raise to 2.24 million by Lefrancois. The Brazilian check-called bets of 1.195 million on the flop and 3.6 million on the turn. He then checked the river and used a big portion of his time bank to fold when Lefrancois emptied the clip with a jam.
Will "hellzito" Arruda limped in from the small blind and Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois checked his option from the big blind.
Arruda min-bet the flop and called a raise to 2.2 million, the Brazilian then check-called a bet of 4.41 million on the turn. The river was checked and Arruda tabled for a full house to jump to nearly 32 million in chips.
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson then open-shoved the button and Will "hellzito" Arruda looked him up from the small blind.
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson:
Will "hellzito" Arruda:
On a board of , Karlsson turned a king.
Lefrancois adjusted his strategy and open-shoved once again in quick succession from the button. This time it was for more than 22.1 million effective as Karlsson called in the small blind, Arruda forfeited his big blind.
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson:
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois:
One trey was not enough on the board and Karlsson doubled to nearly close the gap to Lefrancois.
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson opened to 1,407,000 on the button and was called by Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois in the big blind. Lefrancois check-called once for 822,360 on the flop and then check-shoved the turn when facing a second barrel for 3,217,093.
Karlsson let go and dropped to 11 blinds.
From there on out, Lefrancois won the next five hands in a row to further decimate his two opponents.
Will "hellzito" Arruda raised to 2.1 million out of the small blind and was called by Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois in the big blind. Arruda check-called 1,338,750 on the flop, the turn and river were checked.
Arruda tabled and Lefrancois had the best hand in .
Karlsson won the next hand against Arruda and Lefrancois then bet the and the turn in consecutive hands against Karlsson to win the pots uncontested.
Chip leader Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois pulled further ahead once more without any major showdown and suddenly the action escalated when Will "hellzito" Arruda was all-in from the small blind and at risk against Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson" as initial raiser on the button.
Will "hellzito" Arruda:
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson:
The board came and Karlsson dropped below nine million. One hand later, Lefrancois open-shoved the small blind and Karlsson called from the big blind.
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois:
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson:
Yet another episode of button min-raise by Will "hellzito" Arruda and big blind defense of Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson resulted in the flop on which Karlsson check-called 1,126,125.
Karlsson then check-jammed the turn into a bet of 3,776,500 and Arruda folded.
One orbit later, Arruda was all-in from the button for fewer than nine million and Karlsson caleld in the big blind.
Will "hellzito" Arruda:
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson:
The board gave Arruda the check-mark on the turn as he doubled back into contention.