A huge influx of late entries boosted the field to 347 entries of which under 100 players remained, tendency ... falling rapidly. The $3,470,000 prize pool will be shared among the top 35 finishers who take home at least $25,470. Each finalist will receive $81,478 and the winner is slated to take home $651,821.
Wiktor Malinowski stuck his short stack in and that was looked up by Christian Jeppsson in the cutoff. Dimitrios Farmakoulis shipped it in from the button and Jeppsson snap-called.
Wiktor Malinowski:
Dimitrios Farmakoulis:
Christian Jeppsson:
The board brought no help to either of the shorter stacks and Jeppsson reduced the field by two.
Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 62,500 and was called by Samuel Vousden from one seat over. The flop brought and Dzivielevski continued for 100,000, picking up a call by his table neighbor. On the turn, Dzivielevski bet 275,000 and Vousden called all-in for just shy of that.
Samuel Vousden:
Yuri Dzivielevski:
The river gave Dzivielevski two pair and Vousden had to settle without any cash in this event.
Sami Kelopuro had managed to spin up his stack to nearly 700k and then got it in from a late position to find himself dominated by button three-bettor George Wolff.
Sami Kelopuro:
George Wolff:
The board ran out and Kelopuro was gone.
Damian Salas was then at risk with the moments later and Aleksejs Ponakovs tabled the . What seemed to be destined for a split pot ended in a flush for Salas on the board.
The final hand before the break brought two big pots and propelled Damian Salas as well as David Coleman into prime spots for the money bubble.
Salas raised to 70,000 and called the jam by Andras Nemeth for 999,142 in the cutoff with the superior stack.
Andras Nemeth:
Damian Salas:
The board came and Salas held up.
Coleman three-bet to 227,500 out of the small blind and button raiser "77Storm77" came along. On the flop, Coleman ripped it in for 742,534 and earned a call.
Dario Sammartino made it 239,724 to go in the cutoff with exactly 40,000 behind and Konstantin Maslak moved all-in. Sammartino called it off when all other tables had completed their action.
Dario Sammartino:
Konstantin Maslak:
The flop improved Sammartino and he held onto the lead on the turn. Only two tens remained in the deck and one of them appeared with the river to let the bubble burst.
"judd trump" raised to 100,000 on the button and George Wolff called out of the big blind. On a flop of , Wolff check-called for 96,570. The turn was checked and Wolff jammed the river for 1,653,122.
"judd trump" called it off for 474,852 with the but Wolff had the best of it with .
David Peters opened to 120,000 and George Wolff defended the big blind. On a flop of , Wolff check-called for 60,000 and did so again for 210,000 on the turn. The 54c] fell on the river and Wolff checked.
Peters bet 456,000 with fewer than that behind and Wolff min-raised. The call by Peters with followed and Wolff tabled the for the wheel.
Eelis Pärssinen made it 126,000 to go and was called by Daniel Dvoress in the big blind. On a flop of , Dvoress check-raised to 228,000 and earned a call. Dvoress then bet the turn for 252,000 and that was matched by Pärssinen.
Dvoress jammed the river for an effective million and Pärssinen called it off with the . That had been ahead until now but Dvoress got there with the for eights full.