Drinan Wins With a Straight
After losing a couple of pots to start the day, chip leader Connor "blanconegro" Drinan won a few small pots to chip back up to 12 million, around where he started the day. He saw action fold to him on the button and opened to 324,000, receiving a call from Joao "Naza114" Vieira in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Vieira checked. Drinan made a continuation-bet of 233,600 and Vieira called, bringing the turn 
. Vieira checked again and Drinan kept his foot on the gas pedal, betting another 388,000. Vieira stuck around.
The river fell 
and Vieira checked for a third and final time. Drinan checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
Vieira showed 
for two pair, tens and fives, and Drinan showed 
, good to earn him the pot with a seven-high straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,042,272
2,467,394
|
2,467,394 |
|
7,392,010
-945,482
|
-945,482 |