The action folded to Adrian Mateos in the small blind who raised to 500,000. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau was in the big blind with 440,000 and called off the rest of his stack.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau:
Adrian Mateos:
The flop came and Mateos picked up a pair of jacks to take the lead. The on the turn and the on the river provided no help to Vaskaboinikau who was eliminated in fourth place.
Mikita Badziakouski opened to 100,000 from under the gun with and was called by Adrian Mateos in the small blind with and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau in the big blind with .
The flop came and the action checked to Badziakouski who bet 75,000. Mateos called and Vaskaboinikau laid his hand down. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. They both checked again and Badziakouski closed the gap on Mateos some more.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau raised to 100,000 from under the gun with and Adrian Mateos defended from the big blind with . The flop fell and Mateos checked to Vaskaboinikau who continued with a bet of 100,000. Mateos check-raised to 300,000 after flopping trip tens and Vaskaboinikau quickly got away from his hand.
A few hands later, Mateos limped in from the small blind with and Vaskaboinikau checked his option with . An action flop of was spread across the table and Mateos led out with a bet of 50,000. Vaskaboinikau called with his straight draw and the paired the board on the turn.
Both players checked and the completed the board. Mateos went for a small value bet of 60,000 and Vaskaboinikau quickly folded again.
Adrian Mateos raised to 100,000 on the button with and Mikita Badziakouski called from the big blind with . The flop came and Badziakouski took over the lead with a pair of jacks.
Badziakouski checked to Mateos who bet 70,000 and Badziakouski responded with a check-raise to 180,000. Mateos called and the peeled off on the turn. Badziakouski checked again and Mateos reached back for a bet of 400,000. Badziakouski called and the completed the board.
Badziakouski checked once more and Mateos gave up by checking it back. Badziakouski tabled his hand and raked in a healthy pot.
Mikita Badziakouski opened to 100,000 from under the gun with and Marius Gierse just called on the button with . The flop of didn't favor either player but Gierse still held the lead with the only pair.
Both players checked and the landed on the turn to put Badziakouski in the lead. Two more checks and the paired the board on the river. Badziakouski checked for the third time and Gierse tapped the table as well and saw the bad news.
Mikita Badziakouski limped in from the small blind with and Marius Gierse checked his option holding . The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Badziakouski led out with a bet of 100,000 after making top pair and Gierse called with the inferior kicker. The completed the board and Badziakouski tossed in another bet of 175,000. Gierse quickly called and Badziakouski tabled the best hand to take down the pot.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau opened to 100,000 from under the gun with and Adrian Mateos defended from the big blind with . The flop came and Mateos check-called a bet of 100,000 from Vaskaboinikau.
The turn was the and Mateos checked to Vaskaboinikau who checked back his flush draw. The hit the river and Mateos led out with a bet of 120,000 after improving to a full house but Vaskaboinikau quickly threw his cards to the muck.
Adrian Mateos raised to 80,000 on the button with and Mikita Badziakouski called from the big blind with in the big blind. The flop came and Badziakouski check-called a bet of 55,000 from Mateos.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Badziakouski led out with a bet of 50,000 on the river and Mateos pushed out a raise to 270,000 with just four-high. Badziakouski made the call with two pair and was awarded the pot.
The remaining four players are now heading on a 20-minute break at the end of level 17.