Benitez Falls To the Nuts, Hand-for-Hand Play Begins
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez limped in under the gun and action folded around to David "MissOracle" Yan, who completed his small blind. Niklas "Lena900" Astedt checked his option in the big blind and the flop came 
. Action checked to Benitez, who bet 35,000 and got a fold from Yan.
Astedt check-raised to 116,500 and Benitez called. Astedt continued on the turn 
, betting 147,500, and Benitez called.
The river fell 
and Astedt shoved for an effective pot-sized bet of the 630,000 that remained in Benitez's stack. Benitez thought for a moment, and then found a call.
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez: 
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt: 
Benitez hit the full house on the river but Astedt had connected with every prior piece of the board, flopping a boat and improving to quads on the turn. He collected the pot and increased his stack to over 5 million.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
5,265,659 | 1,099,358 |
|
784,482 | 158,081 |
|
Eliminado |