Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin won three pots in a row and all three of them were against chip leader Mark "Beanboozled" Herm.
The two biggest pots saw Herm bet the 
river for 909,655 and Fomin check-called with 
for a queen-high flush, Herm only had 
for the jack-high flush.
Herm then three-bet to 2.040 million when Fomin opened to 600,000 and folded to a four-bet by Fomin.
Mark "Beanboozled" Herm raised it up to 501,224 and was called by Toby "shinerrr" Joyce in the big blind. Herm min-bet the 
flop, then made it 1,090,001 to go on the 
turn and bet the 
river for 1,234,567. Joyce called the first two bets and jammed after the final barrel to force a fold from Herm.
Mark "Beanboozled" Herm raised it up out of the small blind for the size of the pot and Jonas "deucesup" Kronwitter three-bet the pot to 2.16 million with fewer than 4.5 million behind. Herm wasted little time before making the four-bet and that sent Kronwitter into the think tank.
After more than two minutes of consideration, Kronwitter jammed and Herm immediately called.
Jonas "deucesup" Kronwitter: 
Mark "Beanboozled" Herm: 
Kronwitter flopped a pair on 
but that was all he picked up as the 
turn and river were both blanks. Kronwitter had to settle for 4th place and takes home $57,882.52.
Following a button raise by Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin and a big blind call by Jonas deucesup" Kronwitter, the flop showed 
and Kronwitter was the player at risk in the below showdown.
Jonas "deucesup" Kronwitte:
Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin: 
Kronwitter immediately found help on the turn to lock up the double and make the 
river a formality.
Toby "shinerrr" Joyce won the last showdown hand of the previous level against chip leader Mark "Beanboozled" Herm and the American then lost another pot to Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin which was even bigger.
Fomin limp-called a raise to 720,000 out of the small blind and check-called 524,724 on the 
flop. Fomin check-raised the turn and jammed, Herm forfeited a bet of 1.68 million.
Level: 39
Blinds: 120,000/240,000
Ante: 0
Ruslan "zverrmvp" Nazarenko doubled for fewer than four blinds through Jonas "deucesup" Kronwitter and then three-bet jammed out of the big blind when Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin kicked off the action from under the gun. Fomin quickly called and the cards were turned over.
Ruslan "zverrmvp" Nazarenko:
Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin: 
Fomin flopped a pair on 
while Nazarenko held a flushdraw. Nothing changed on the 
turn nor the 
river to eliminate Nazarenko in 5th place for $42,005.21.
The action kicked off with a raise to 420,000 by Jonas "deucesup" Kronwitter in the hijack and Giorgiy "NINASKH" Skhulukhiya pushed all-in for shy of 1.5 million from the cutoff. Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin reshoved out of the big blind and that forced Kronwitter out of the way.
Giorgiy "NINASKH" Skhulukhiya: 
Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin:
On a board of 
, the run of Skhulukhiya ended in 6th place for $30,383.23.
Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin raised to 700,000 and Mark "Beanboozled" Herm defended the big blind. Herm bet the pot on the flop and that won the pot.
In the next hand, Herm raised the small blind to 424,924 and Jonas "deucesup" Kronwitter called from the big blind. Kronwitter called a bet on the 
turn and folded the river to another bet.
The stack of Grzegorz "CUatRhinosLV" Derkowski consistently shrunk over the past two hours and he was down to a mere 7 big blinds when Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin raised the pot from hijack. Derkowski jammed the Fomin quickly called.
Grzegorz "CUatRhinosLV" Derkowski:
Maksim "MAX FOMIN" Fomin:
The mighty ducks hit on the 
flop but Derkowski picked up a flushdraw on the turn. It would not be of any help as a blank fell on the river to end his run in 7th place for $22,121.61.
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