Hands 12-14: Butzhammer Takes the Lead
Hand #12: Hossein Ensan with 
made it 240,000 under the gun. Gleb Tremzin called from the big blind with 
. The flop favored Tremzin with 
and he lead out for 255,000 into the 640,000 pot. Ensan, now with a 15% hand according to the graphics, made the call in position, growing the pot to 1,150,000.
Everything changed on the turn where the 
appeared, upgrading Ensan's hand to 95%. Tremzin bet 575,000 and Ensan called. The 
completed the board and Tremzin bet 800,000 into the 2.3 million pot. Ensan, with 1,540,000 behind, called instantly. Tremzin showed his hand and lost the chip lead, Ensan was up to 4,640,000.
Hand #13: This hand was not shown on the stream but went to Thomas Butzhammer who stole the blinds with a raise from the button.
Hand #14: Slaven Popov made it 260,000 from first position with 
. Thomas Butzhammer in the cutoff with the 
three-bet to 640,000. Action folded back around to Popov and he called to create a 1.56 million pot. The flop came 
, helping Butzhammer in front. Popov checked and Butzhammer did the exact same thing.
The 
hit the turn and Popov bet out 675,000. Butzhammer made the call. The 
completed the board and with 2,910,000 in the pot both Popov and Butzhammer decided to check. Butzhammer took it down with his pair of eights and grew his stack to 7.87 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,870,000
2,380,000
|
2,380,000 |
|
7,825,000
-1,295,000
|
-1,295,000 |
|
7,385,000
-1,915,000
|
-1,915,000 |
|
4,420,000
2,195,000
|
2,195,000 |
|
||
|
3,820,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |