The rapid pace of eliminations continues and just 205 players remained as the next scheduled five-minute break kicked off. Nearly half of the hopefuls will still bust without anything to show for as the top 119 spots will earn a portion of the $5,000,000 prize pool.
Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz raised it up to 60,000 on the button and Luke "lb6121" Schwartz three-bet to 240,000 in the small blind. Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott did not call but jam for 368,531 and Schwartz was the only caller.
Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott:
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz:
McDermott spiked a flushdraw but came up blank on the board.
At nearly the same time on another table, Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou three-bet jammed his short stack and was called by initial raiser Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan.
Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou:
Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan:
As the board ran out , the jacks sent the High Roller from Macau to the rail.
In a pot of just over one million in chips, "herojangbogo" from South Korea was the player at risk with and found themselves on the wrong end of a cooler. Eder "edercampana" tabled the from under the gun and the kept kings as the best hand.
A short-stacked Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg moved all in for just over 12 big blinds and he picked up a caller in Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini from the hijack as the rest of the table went out of the way.
Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg:
Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini:
On a board of , Wigg all but got there but failed to catch a six or the fourth diamond to avoid the elimination.
In a pot worth more than 2.5 million, "kalaisin?" in the small blind and "Prof. Hitman" got their chips in with the former at risk.
"kalaisin?":
"Prof. Hitman":
The board ensured that the kicker played a pivotal role.
A couple of hands later, "T3G3S" was all-in with a severe short stack holding the and Guilherme "teruliro" Orrico called out of the big blind with . The board provided no help to the player at risk.
There are plenty of chips and well-known players remaining at that very table and their counts can be found below.