In a battle of the blinds, China's "HLXDERRRR" was at risk with the . Roland "Gwriden" Rokita looked them up with the but one ten was not enough on the board.
In a battle of the blinds, Vladislav "imjuniar" Mezheritsky clashed with "Elcorneto" and had the slightly superior stack and kicker.
"Elcorneto":
Vladislav "imjuniar" Mezheritsky:
The flop favored "Elcorneto" and it held on the turn and river.
Mezheritsky then found an ace and jammed for the last of it from the cutoff. Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen raised to 210,000 in the small blind and that isolated successfully.
Vladislav "imjuniar" Mezheritsky:
Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen:
Virtanen flopped a pair on and turned trips to leave his opponent drawing dead to the 58d] river.
"Wtfisthis" raised from under the gun and found resistance by Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen, who got it in and was quickly called.
"Wtfisthis":
Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen:
The flop left Virtanen with little hope and but he picked up a gutshot on the turn. What followed was the blank river and Virtanen had virtually no chips left anymore.
Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen jammed from under the gun and found a customer in Aleksejs Ponakovs in the cutoff.
Aki "Seabossss" Virtanen:
Aleksejs Ponakovs:
The flop ensured that Virtanen would have a sweat for the remaining two community cards. What followed were the turn and the river to give Ponakovs the top two pair and eliminate Virtanen in 12th place.
In a preflop all-in contest featuring "ChoochMcGee" out of the small blind and Roland "Gwriden" Rokita on the button, it was the former at risk covered by just a few blinds.
"ChoochMcGee":
Roland "Gwriden" Rokita:
Rokita struck gold on the flop and the turn changed nothing whatsoever. The fell on the river and that sent "ChoochMcGee" out in 11th place.
On the final table bubble, Giovanni "HEIZENBERG_G" Zanette three-bet jammed out of the small blind and was called by Jon "Marklanders1" Garde from under the gun.
Giovanni "HEIZENBERG_G" Zanette:
Jon "Marklanders1" Garde:
The board ran out and that let the kicker play in favor of Garde, sending Zanette to the rail in 10th place.
The remaining nine players are on a five-minute break and will manually draw for their seats one by one in chip count order before the final table kicks off.