"Farhills" was sent to the rail and up next, the same table also featured the all-in showdown between the two Swedes Simon Lofberg and Simon "FiestaPagana" Mattsson on the flop.
Simon Lofberg:
Simon "FiestaPagana" Mattsson:
Lofberg pulled his "running hot" emoji" but cooled down on the turn and river runout.
Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav clashed with Murilo "Fruble" Milhomem when they got it in after the flop and needed to catch up with his for a gutshot and flushdraw. Milhomem was ahead with for a pair, wrap and inferior flushdraw.
That all changed on the turn as Azerjav had the pot locked up which made the river a formality.
Next to go was Kilian "Birdie Power" Loeffler, who raised the short stack and got it in after a flop against Belarmino De Souza in the big blind.
Kilian "Birdie Power" Loeffler:
Belarmino De Souza:
The turn left Loeffler drawing dead and the river became a mere formality.
Mark "Beanboozled" Herm raised to 64,724 in middle position and was called by Daniel "RussianBot1" Hindin on the button. Herm bet the flop for 50,505 and was called to then check-call a bet of 89,912 on the turn.
After the river, Herm check-raised from 214,507 to 429,014 only to see Hindin jam for slightly more than what he had at his disposal. Herm called and was shown the bad news as Hindin tabled for a straight flush while Herm held for jacks full.
In a matter of a few minutes right before and after the blinds went up, the field went down from 33 to the final 30 contenders, spread evenly over the last five tables.
First to go was Fabian "SkullIsland" Geisel who lost the battle with his short stack holding the . Naman "pokermafiaa" Madan only had but that was enough to make two pair on the board.
Thai Ha then clashed with "Farhills" when they created a pot of 480,000 to the flop. "Farhills" bet the pot and Ha called all in.
Thai Ha:
"Farhills":
Ha picked up some outs on the turn but the river was not among them.
Last but not least, two players with a Canadian flag got their chips in as Timothy Cramer faced Nital "4TheAnimals" Jethalal.
Timothy Cramer:
Nital "4TheAnimals" Jethalal:
On a board of , Cramer rivered a straight but the same card gave Jethalal a flush.
"Any2Cantu" was the first to leave empty-handed after a dull period saw no eliminations for several minutes once the action had resumed.
They got it in with the against Craig "Goblue" Varnell with the and Varnell did it the dramatic way on the runout.
Aki "Seabossss" Vrtanen then followed right after with for a straight and flush draw on the flop. Daniel "RussianBot1" Hindin had the and dodged both draws on the turn and river.
As one of the shortest stack after the break, Simon Lofberg was all-in with the from the cutoff and Murilo "Fruble" Milhomem looked him up with the in the small blind.
Lofberg flopped some hope on and while the turn blanked, the river did not to keep the Swede in contention for a second PLO bracelet of the series.
Mark "beanboozled" Herm then took a huge hit when he doubled "Farhills" with versus in a preflop all-in. The board brought no miracle.