Ian "potamophobia" Matakis opened to 12,250 and then called the three-bet to 42,000 by Mikolaj "HORN3T" Zawadzki on the button, which led to the flop. Matakis got the last crumbs in and was called.
Ian "potamophobia" Matakis:
Mikolaj "HORN3T" Zawadzki:
Zawadzki had the wheel already and there was no miracle for Matakis on the turn and river.
In a battle big blind versus under the gun, Eduardo Pires took on "yammm" as the pot on the turned out to be for 166,802 in total.
"yammm":
Eduardo Pires:
"yammm" had a huge double draw but the turn and river sent the pot to Pires, who then won another hand with a king-high straight to jump above half a million in chips.
A short-stacked Ottomar Ladva got it in from the small blind and Phillip "tazmania888" Mighall looked him up from the big blind to create a pot worth 65,436.
Ottomar Ladva:
Phillip "tazmania888" Mighall:
The board ran out and Mighall turned broadway, then rivered the nut flush for good measure.
Dorel "DorelEl" Eldabach called the shove of "gr8at8ight" on the flop and tabled the in showdown.
His opponent had and got there on the turn and river.
Eldabach then attempted to bluff "omaha4karma" by betting the river for 27,150 only to get called by for kings up. Eldabach only had for the busted nut flush draw.
Ilya "pokanuktus" Pavlov soared to the top of the leaderboard after knocking out two players before his table broke, most notably cracking aces with kings and nines. But he was soon joined by the Brazilians Eduardo Pires and Diego "TeaLover" Falcone, who are within a few big blinds from Pavlov.
Former big stack Andrei "BS4K" Sorokin has been spotted on the rail. In his final hand of the tournament, he clashed in an all-Russian duel with online casino streamer "danludan" when they got it in after the flop.
Andrei "BS4K" Sorokin:
"danludan":
The turn gave Sorokhin more outs but he missed them on the river.