Helppi Leads as Five Remain

The remaining five players are on a scheduled five-minute break and five hands of the next level have been completed thus far. Juha Helppi won the last three pots in a row and pulled into the lead.

Helppi first turned a set of nines against a button limp by jens "98snaeJ" Kyllonen when Jesus Cortes also stuck around from the big blind. Little action followed on a board to award the pot to Helppi with the .

Helppi then bet a four-way limped flop for 100,000 and Mike Watson was the only caller. They checked the 55h] turn and Helppi bet the pot on the river to force a fold.

Helppi then bested Belarmino "Iseey0urcard" De Souza who defended the big blind and check-called one bet on the turn, the river was checked. De Souza tabled nd Helppi had that beat with .