Blink and you'll miss it. Even with an average stack of close to 30 big blinds, people are busting rapidly right now. The latest victims includes Russia's "RomaTilt" (17th place), Lawrence "cjacksallin" Cheung (16th place), "evianwater1" from the United Kingdom (15th place) and Belarusian player "spider4444" (14th place).
The action was folded around to Scott "AggroSantos" Margereson in small blind who wasted no time on moving all-in for 109,319. Niklas "tutten7" Astedt in big blind considered his options before committing the chips, and the hands were shown.
Margereson:
Astedt:
The flop spelled bad news for Margereson, and once the on the turn rolled off, it was all but over. The needless river was a , and the Swede raked in the pot while Margereson was eliminated in 18th place.
Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor raised to 14,000 and only Canadian player "bustinnuts4" in the big blind called. The flop was checked through, before "bustinnuts4" bet out 18,425 on the turn. Czuczor called.
On the river "bustinnuts4" put it all - 52,481 - over the line, and after a few deliberations Czuczor called. The canadian turned over for a busted straight draw, and Czuczor showed for a pair of tens to win the pot.
The remaining 20 players are now on a six-minute break. Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez still holds the overwhelming chiplead, with Costa Rica's "JBA888" in second and Bernardo "bsdias" Dias in third.
Simon "Isildur1337x" Mattson shoved his remaining 56,577 chips all in from the cutoff and Belarusian player "spider4444" shoved over the top from the button. The blinds both folded, and Mattson got the bad news.
Mattson:
"spider4444":
The board ran out . and the Belarusian player dragged the pot, while Mattson was eliminated in 23rd place.
Pascal "Paeffchen" Hartmann is the bubble boy at this Event #28 $350,000 Gurantee - High Roller at the 2017 Super XL Series on 888poker.
Preflop Hartmann got his 20 big blinds in with , but the aggressive Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez had found this time around, and the aces held up for the big pot.
After that pot Gonzalez is by far the biggest stack, with almost twice as much as Marton "WorldIsOurs" Czuczor in second place.
The bigger stacks have really turned up the aggression since the hand-for-hand mode was announced, and especially Fabrizio "DrMiKee" Gonzalez is thriving at this point in time.
First he four-bet to 62.500 over a raise from Jonathan "chut_up" Van Fleet and a reraise from Pim "SuprNintend0" de Goede, and the very next hand he took a big lunch out of Pascal "Paeffchen" Hartmann, when the of Gonzalez made trips on the turn and got paid on two streets.