Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck opened for 2.2 million from the cutoff and was called by "alimounda" from the button. "baneris" jammed for 8.7 million from the big blind. Mosboeck folded and "alimounda" called.
baneris:
alimounda:
"baneris" was looking good after hitting a pair on the but just like that they were drawing dead to their opponent's set on the turn. The river gave "alimounda" a full house and "baneris" was eliminated in 15th place for $28,418.
"Yellow Mango" opened for 1.6 million from under the gun and was called by Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck from the button. "alimounda" three-bet to 6.4 million from the small blind and "Yellow Mango" four-bet jammed for 24.1 million. Mosboeck folded and "alimounda" called.
Yellow Mango:
alimounda:
The board wasn't enough to get "Yellow Mango" over the top of rockets and they were eliminated in 16th place for $20,257.
It was a heck of a run for Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis who began the day with a below-average stack before soaring into the chip lead. The day is now done for the PokerStars Team Online member much to the chagrin of the thousands of fans watching him on his Twitch stream.
Veldhuis' elimination in 17th place was a product of two hands.
In the first hand, Veldhuis opened for 1,640,000 from the button and was called by "mvpalls" from the big blind. "mvpalls" check-called for 1,412,400 on the flop before leading out for 2,415,632 on the turn.
The completed the board and "mvpalls" fired out for 7,042,278. Veldhuis called and mucked his hand after his opponent turned over trips with .
Two hands later, Alexander "Akademnuk" Lakhov took the rest of Veldhuis' stack. Veldhuis jammed for 6,545,649 from the hijack before Lahkov came in for three times more from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and Veldhuis needed some help to survive.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
Alexander "Akademnuk" Lakhov:
Veldhuis didn't improve on the board and his impressive Main Event run is in the books.
Gerson "Gerson'GR'" Braga was low on chips and three-bet jammed his 3.9 million chip stack from the button over the top of an open for 1.7 million by "PopAShush" from under the gun.
Gerson "Gerson'GR'" Braga:
PopAShush:
"PopAShush" connected with their king on the flop and Braga couldn't hit a club for a flush nor a seven the rest of the way with the turn and river completing the board.
"baneris" opened for 1.6 million from under the gun and was called by Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck from the button. "alimounda" three-bet to 6 million. "baneris" folded and Mosboeck called.
Mosboeck check-called the flop for 4.1 million and won the hand after he bet 5.9 million on the and getting a fold by "alimounda".
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis opened for 1,435,000 from the button and was called by "Morrison830" from the big blind.
"Morrison830" check-raised the flop from 1,264,725 to 4,200,000 and Veldhuis called. Veldhuis checked the turn before giving up on the hand facing a bet of 7 million by his opponent.