Pablo "pabritz" Brito and Alex "dynoalot" Difelice chopped a large pot when both had flopped top pair on a board and shortly after the final three headed into the next scheduled 5-minute break.
Pablo "pabritz" Brito closed the gap to Alex "dynoalot" Difelice while "Alexgirs" remained at his previous stack. That all changed when the Belorussian three-bet jammed for more than 29 million out of the small blind and was called by Difelice on the button.
"Alexgirs":
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice:
Difelice outflopped his opponent on but the turn restored the preflop order, a blank river vaulted "Alexgirs" back into the lead.
One hand later, Difelice check-raised a flop to 6.24 million and folded to a shove of "Alexgirs".
Pablo "pabritz" Brito took chips off Alex "dynoalot" Difelice in two showdown hands to jump into the lead while the Canadian dropped to a short stack.
First up, Difelice min-raised and Brito called. They checked to the river on which Brito bet 4,387,500 into 5.85 million and was called. Brito rolled over for trips nines and won the pot.
A similar hand played out when Brito this time check-called 1.8 million on the flop exactly one orbit later and they checked the turn and river. Brito tabled and that was the winning hand. The Brazilian also three-bet a raise by "Alexgirs" to earn the pot right after.
Down to just over 11 big blinds, Alex "dynoalot" Difelice moved all-in from the small blind and "Alexgirs" called in the big blind.
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice:
"Alexgirs":
"Alexgirs" paired his kicker on the flop while Difelice had the nutflushdraw. A blank on the turn was followed by the river and that sent the Canadian out in third place.
As part of the three-handed deal, Difelice receives $722,074.96 for his efforts.
Pablo "pabritz" Brito and "Alexgirs" traded the lead back and fourth and the latter won the medium-sized pots while Brito earned the biggest pot of heads-up so far.
It started with a min-raise to 2.4 million by Brito, who then called a three-bet to 9 million. The flop was checked and "Alexgirs" bet the turn for 6 million, Brito called. The river was checked and Brito won the pot with versus .
Three hands later the stacks were even again as "Alexgirs" won two pots in the row without being called.
"Alexgirs" once more three-bet from 2.4 million to 9 million and picked up a call by Pablo "pabritz" Brito. The flop brought a bet of 5.8 million by "Alexgirs" and a call from Brito. On the turn, a second bet of 13.2 million followed and this time Brito elected to fold.
Both then traded medium-sized pots as Alexgirs" retained a small lead over his opponent.
In the last hand of the previous level, Pablo "pabritz" Brito raised the button to 2.4 million and was called by was called by "Alexgirs". On a flop, "Alexgirs" went for the check-raise from 1.2 million to 4.7 million and picked up a call from Brito.
A bet of 7.2 million by "Alexgirs" followed on the turn and Brito called. The flushdraw got there on the river and "Alexgirs" checked. Brito fired a bet of 21.675 into 28.9 million and forced a reluctant call.
That pot vaulted Brito into a narrow lead, which he would relinquish two hands later. A min-raise by the Brazilian on the button was called and "Alexgirs" check-called a bet on the flop. They checked the turn and "Alexgirs" activated his time bank on the river after he had checked and faced a bet of 3,062,500. The call followed and was good as Brito had missed his inferior straight draw with the
One of those min-raised pots to the flop this time had Pablo "pabritz" Brito check-raise from 1.8 million to 6.575 million and "Alexgirs" called. Brito bet the turn for 14.325 and received a call to then fire the river for 16,712,500 and force a fold.
The next hand it was Brito that min-raised and continued for 4,462,500 on the flop. "Alexgirs" check-called once and check-folded the turn to a larger bet.