Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist defended his big blind against a min-raise by Job "DeadNylan" Greben in the cutoff and they headed to the flop, on which Nordkvist checked and called a bet of 256,250.
The turn was checked and Nordkvist led the river for 266,500. Greben raised it up to 800,000 and Nordkvist used a portion of his time bank before making the call. It was a good one as his won the pot versus for a busted straight draw.
Over on the other table, Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv open-shoved the small blind into the big blind of Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, who eventually called for 25 big blinds after using the time bank himself.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv:
The board came and Rolle had a huge sweat on the turn but dodged the combo draw.
"Wildace_hun" raised the cutoff and Lex "L. Veldhuis then jammed the button for just shy of 1.9 million, which resulted in a reluctant call by "Wildace_hun" to set up the following showdown on the final table bubble.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
"Wildace_hun":
The PokerStars ambassador flopped a set on the board to get right back into contention.
While Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv was disconnected and in the small blind, the action checked to Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet and he jammed the button and into the big blind of short stack Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, who quickly called for 1.5 million.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
The board came and Rolle doubled.
Plesuv reconnected and then got it in via four-bet jam from the cutoff, which "EEE27" as three-bettor in the blinds called for nearly 3 million in chips.
Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv:
"EEE27":
The board kept the Finn in contention as ten players remain.
"xnrobix" open-shoved for 1.74 million on the button and was called by Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv in the small blind.
"xnrobix":
Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv:
On a board of , ace-king high remained in the lead and "xnrobix" had to settle for 11th place.
At the same time on the other table," zazano" kept up his relentless aggression and tried to push around "Wildace_hun".
"zazano" min-raised the button and was called by the Hungarian in the big blind. They checked the flop and "Wildace_hun" bet the turn for 260,000, which "zazano" called.
After the river, "Wildace_hun" checked with just shy of 1.5 million behind and eventually called the shove of "zazano", who bluffed with for the nutflush blocker, "Wildace_hun" doubled with for trips sixes.
"zazano" raised the small blind to 240,000 and was called by "BOOGANDEHAH" in the big blind. Both checked the flop and "zazano" overbet the turn for 640,000, which "BOOGANDEHAH" called.
After the river, "zazano" shoved for an effective 1,932,461 and "BOOGANDEHAH" called with for a rivered two pair only to get shown for a straight by "zazano".
Two hands later, "zazano" was aiming for the next knockout when he flipped with against the of "Wildace_hun" but the kept the Hungarian in contention.
"kimokh" doubled through Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet before the break and "Wildace_hun" also scored a double while Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle lost a big chunk to drop to a short stack.
Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel got his short stack in from under the gun with and "Wildace_hun" looked him up from the button with the .
The board lifted Carrel in the lead for the flop and turn but the superior hand preflop hit the river.
One hand later, "Wildace_hun" raised to 140,000 in the cutoff and Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras jammed the button for 1,152,916. "zazano" in the big blind reshoved for 2,166,370 and "Wildace_hun" called.
Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras:
"zazano":
"Wildace_hun":
It was yet another dramatic runout on the board as Ayras turned a full house only for "zazano" to bink the superior full house on the river.
One hand later, "zazano" then called a button raise by Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist for 148,400 while in the small blind. Tyler "wonderboy222" Goatcher three-bet to 744,000 in the big blind and Nordkvist folded, "zazano" shoved and Goatcher called all-in for more than 4 million.
Tyler "wonderboy222" Goatcher:
"zazano":
On a board of , Goatcher picked up some outs but came up short in 13th place.