Isaac Baron was forced all-in out of the small blind before the flop and faced two opponents. The flop brought the bet by Gergo Nagy, who isolated successfully.
Isaac Baron:
Gergo Nagy:
The turn and river were of no help for Baron, who finished as the bubble boy.
A massive pot of more than half a million emerged on the money bubble and Stuart Rutter was the player at risk against Nicolo Molinelli.
Stuart Rutter:
Nicolo Molinelli:
The board delivered the superior flush for Rutter and he survived. In the meanwhile, two players were left with fewer than one big blind and the bubble continued.
Ben Wilinofsky raised to 24,500 from under the gun and Juha Helppi called on the button. Anson Tsang three-bet to 105,000 in the small blind and Helppi was the only caller. Tsang jammed the flop and Helppi called all-in for the 132,691 he had behind.
Juha Helppi:
Anson Tsang:
The turn immediately locked up the double for Helppi and the river was a formality. Tsang was left with crumbs and got those in a few hands later while in the big blind. Alan Sabo had raised to 17,600 and Wilinofsky called, as did Tsang for the 1,151 he had behind after paying the big blind.
The flop was checked and Sabom check-called the turn for 17,936. The river was checked again and Wilinofsky won the pot with for trips kings, Tsang's was no good and he busted in 41st place. Just prior, David "Mclovin86" Mzareulov was eliminated to bring the field to the stone-cold money.
Ludovic Geilich ended up at risk out of the small blind with the and Vincas "seimininkas" Tamasauskas looked him up with the . The board ran out and Geilich doubled with aces and kings.
Ivan "GangstaZab" Zabiyakin then repotted on another table and Joao Simao called while using the "goodbye" emoji.
The remaining chips went in after the flop.
Ivan "GangstaZab" Zabiyakin:
Joao Simao:
The turn was a blank but Simao got there on the river.
As the first player to act, Mauricio "Promoking" Ferreira Pais opened to 21,000 and was called only by table neighbor Hernando "dardusss" Guzman in the hijack. The flop saw Ferreira Pais with the lead for 46,200 and Guzman potted, prompting the all-in call of the German.
Daniel Negreanu had scooped several pots in quick succession to boost his stack to more than half a million. He continued his rampage and took on Mexican player "Squito in a battle of the blinds.
"Squito" limp-raised to 63,000 and Negreanu called to see the flop, on which the Mexico-based player jammed for 100,699. Negreanu called and the cards were turned over.
"Squito":
Daniel Negreanu:
The turn gave Negreanu a straight draw on top and he spiked the river for a flush.
After the elimination of Dario Sammartino, Juha Helppi lost a bigger chunk of his stack to Ben Wilinofsky.
It was the Canadian who opened to 21,000 and Helppi called in the small blind. The flop brought and Helppi opted to check-call for 17,573. No betting action followed on the turn and Helppi also checked the river. Wilinofsky bet the full pot for 88,396 and Helppi tank-called with for a straight.
However, Wilinofsky had the nuts with to score a big pot.