Reagan Silber raised it up from middle position and Jakob Miegel reraised to 21,000 from the small blind. Silber called and they went heads-up to a flop of 10♥4♠2♥.
Miegel led out with a bet of 17,000 and Silber called to see the 3♦ on the turn. Miegel announced a bet of 37,000 this time and Silber sent his cards to the muck.
Adrian Mateos and Alexandros Theologis became involved in a preflop raising war, where all the chips went into the middle preflop. Mateos found himself at risk with a starting stack of around 300,000.
Adrian Mateos: A♠A♦
Alexandros Theologis: K♠K♣
It was a clash of the two best starting hands, but Mateos looked poised for an early double-up. However, the flop of K♥6♦5♠ gave Theologis a set of kings and a big lead. The 2♥ on the turn and the 9♠ on the river were no help for Mateos, who was sent to the rail in the early going.
PokerNews spent an orbit with resident ape Jesse Lonis as he battled at a table that includes Nick Petrangelo, Viktor Blom and Paul Jager.
Hand #1 (Big Blind): Nick Petrangelo raised to 7,000 in middle position and Jesse Lonis defended his big blind. Lonis checked on the flop of K♠10♣2♥ and Petrangelo continued for 8,000. Lonis laid it down.
Hand #2 (Small Blind): Viktor Blom raised to 7,000 from the hijack and Jesse Lonis called in the small blind, while the big blind also came along. Both blinds checked on the K♣2♥5♣ flop and Blom bet 7,000. Only Lonis called. Lonis then led out for 14,000 on the J♣ turn and Blom folded.
Hand #3: (Button): As two players got moved from the table, action folded to Jesse Lonis on the button and he also folded as Paul Jager got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #4 (Button): Jesse Lonis played a second hand on the button and called as Viktor blom raised to 7,000 from under the gun. Paul Jager also called from the big blind. Jager checked on the flop of 7♠8♦3♦ and Blom continued for 10,000. Both opponents folded.
Hand #5 (Cutoff): Action folded to Jesse Lonis in the cutoff and he also folded. Paul Jager then raised to 6,000 in the small blind and Viktor Blom folded his big blind.
"Guy won't even give you a nickel!" remarked Lonis. "I wouldn't have even looked, I would've given it to you."
Hand #6 (Hijack): Jesse Lonis folded and stood up to stretch. Even apex predators need a break from time to time.
Dimitar Danchev opened to 7,000 on the button and Leon Sturm made it 27,000 from the small blind. Danchev called and the dealer fanned the flop of 10♠10♥7♥.
Sturm led out with a bet of 15,500 and Danchev called to see the 6♦ on the turn. Both players checked and the 5♣ completed the board. Two more checks and Sturm tabled A♦8♠ for the winner.
Picking up the action on the river with a completed board of J♥7♥4♣2♥6♥, Alexandros Theologis and Brandon Wilson were heads-up in a pot that had over 250,000 in the middle already.
Theologis checked to his opponent and Wilson announced all in for 172,000. Theologis asked for a count and then dipped into the tank, using three of his time banks before eventually folding.
