It was all in before the flop after "JDoes" three bet the button raise from Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis. Veldhuis came back with a four-bet, then called off the shove with the smaller stack.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
"JDoes":
Board:
Veldhuis held with the best ace to take down a big double.
Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov opened to 6K from the hijack, and Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu called from the big blind to see on the flop. Marcu check-called for 5,610 to see on the turn. They both checked to the river where Marcu bet 13,860 and got the call. Kotelnikov mucked when Marcu rolled over for the runner-runner flush.
"JDoes" raised the middle to 5K, then called after Andrey "FivebetGAMER" Vedomtsev reraised the hijack to 13,750. The flop came and both players checked to the turn. "JDoes" bet 25K and got the call, but got the fold after shoving the river for much more than the pot.
After a middle open to 5K, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis raised to 16.5K from the hijack. "JDoes" called the button before big blind "Old brock" raised it up again to 45K. "JDoes" was the only caller to flop and "Old brock" check-called for their stack after a bet of 152,500.
"Old brock":
"JDoes":
Board:
"JDoes" flopped best, but "Old brock" got there on the river.
There are now 1,504 entries on the board, which means the $1.5 million guarantee has been cracked already. Players can register as late as they start of Day 2 play, so the prize pool on this one could be huge.