Mike McDonald had dropped back to a short stack and his five-handed table saw him open-jam out of the small blind only to get quickly called by "HorheRegalde" in the big blind.
Mike McDonald:
"HorheRegalde":
Both paired up on the flop and the Finn remained ahead after the turn and river runout.
"Victory11-11" min-raised from the cutoff and "ZONEDin" three-bet jammed for nearly 30 blinds out of the small blind, which the big stack called in a heartbeat.
"ZONEDin":
"Victory11-11":
The board brought as the aces held up for a pot of nearly 3.7 million.
"Killer_aoe" raised to 180,000 from the button and "inonhmeansfu" three-bet to 630,000 out of the small blind, which the initial raiser called.
"inonhmeansfu" bet the flop for 402,000 and the turn for 690,000, which their opponent called. After the river, "inonhmeansfu" ripped it in and "Killer_aoe" used a big portion of their time bank before folding.
Shortly after a big portion of the profit vanished for "inonhmeansfu" as they doubled "Hulk1907" with versus . The chips went in preflop and there was no surprise on the board.
While that hand played out, only "aangierr15" and "Desenrugado" were eliminated on other tables which reduced the field to the last 42 contenders.
A rare phase without any eliminations every 30 seconds has only seen "justcruisin" on their way to the exit.
They got it in with out of the big blind and initial raiser "Arosa" from under the gun called with the . On a board of the flopped set dodged straight outs and "Arosa" scored the knockout.