Hand #18: Fares made it 75,000 to go from early position. Ole Schemion once again seemed interested, but ultimately decided against it and folded. The rest of the players followed his example; blinds and antes to Fares.
Hand #19: Hady El Asmar made it 75,000 from early position. Adrian Mateos on the button and Marus Ross in the big blind both called. Three-way flop: . Ross checked and El Asmar followed his pre flop aggression up with a bet of 105,000. Mateos made the call.
The turn paired the board and brought another club: . Both players checked. The completed the board and El Asmar bet 250,000. Mateos folded. 3.7 million for El Asmar now, 3.6 million for Mateos.
Hand #20: Garcia raised his button to 60,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Lodden made it 65,000 from early position. Action folded around rather quickly and the Norwegian PokerStars Team Pro could start stacking the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Lodden raised to 70,000 under the gun and just Ole Schemion in the big blind called. on the flop and Schemion check-called Lodden's 75,000 bet. The hit the turn and Schemion check-folded to another bet by Lodden.
Hand #23: Ross made it 65,000 to go from the hijack and Ole Schemion three-bet to 175,000 from the small blind. ROss grabbed his chips back, and for a second it looked like he was four-betting, but he called in the end.
The flop came and Schemion checked. Ross bet 130,000 and Schemion made the call. The [Jc[ hit the turn and Schemion checked again. Ross checked behind so the pot stayed 668,000. on the river and Schemion checked a third time. Ross tanked for a bit and checked behind. Both had tens; Schemion had the , Ross showed .
Hand #24: Garcia opened for 80,000 under the gun and Mateos called from the big blind. The flop was and Mateos check-folded Garcia's bet of 105,000
Hand #25: Ross made it 95,000 under the gun and his neighbor Fares three-bet to 240,000. Ross folded, and Fares took down the pot.
Hand #26: Garcia limped in from the small blind, Markus Ross checked his option in the big blind. The two of 'em checked down the entire board of and Garcia showed . Ross tabled and took it down.
Hand #27: El Asmar made it 100,000 under the gun, Garcia on the button called. on the flop and El Asmar made a continuation bet of 100,000. Garcia instantly folded.
Hand #28: Mateos opened to 80,000 under the gun. Everyone folded.
Hand #29: Markus Ross raised from the cutoff and it folded round to Schemion in the big blind. He leaned forward to try and get a better look at Ross' stack before calling. A flop of went check check, as was the turn of the . This brought the on the river and Schemion bet 115,000. Markus Ross took his time before counting out a raise to 300,000 and Schemion called. Ross tabled but Schemion snapped off the bluff with .
Hand #30: Schemion called from the small blind, and Lodden checked his option. The flop came and Schemion bet 55,000 which got a fold from Lodden.
Hand #31: From early position Markus Ross raised to 85,000. It folded round to Fares in the hijack who three-bet to 235,000. It came back round to Ross who let it go.
Hand #32 Schemion raised to 85,000 and took down the pot pre-flop.
Hand #33: Mateos opened from the button and Garcia and Ross folded from the blinds.
Hand #34: Lodden made it 80,000 to go out of the hijack. Fares in the big blind made the call. The flop came and Fares checked. Lodden bet 50,000 and Fares called. on the turn and Fares checked once again, Lodden checked behind. on the river and Fares bet out 175,000. Fares showed up with , but that hand would soon end up in the muck as Lodden tabled for the winner.
Hand #35: Lodden made it 80,000 and Adrian Mateos in the hijack made the call. Markus Ross on the button shoved all in for 1,050,000. Everyone folded.
Hand #36: Mateos made it 80,000 from early position. Garcia in the hijack called before El Asmar squeezed to 280,000 from the small blind. Mateos folded, Garcia tanked and folded Mateos example folding.
Hand #37: Garcia raised it up to 80,000 from early position. Markus Ross right next to him three-bet to 200,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #38: Garcia made it 80,000 under the gun and Mateos in the big blind made the call. on the flop and Mateos check-folded to Garcia's 80,000 bet.
Hand #39: Action folded to Johnny Lodden on the button and he made it 90,000. Garcia in the big blind added the needed chips and saw a flop of . Both players checked and the hit the turn. With three nines on the board and Garcia checked again. Lodden bet 75,000 and Garcia tossed in three 25,000-chips as well.
The on the river made Garcia check again. Lodden glanced at his stack, and decided to bet 255,000 into the 385,000 pot. Garcia folded.
Hand #40: First to act Muhyedine Fares raised to 95,000 and was three-bet by Johnny Lodden to 235,000. Fares made the call and both players saw a board of . Fares moved all-in and Lodden insta-folded.
Hand #41: From the button Garcia raised to 80,000 and was called by Fares in the big blind. Fares then check-folded to Garcia's bet of 90,000 on a board of
Hand #42: Schemion raised from under the gun and everyone else folded.
Hand #43: El Asmar completed from the small blind and Schemion checked his option. The flop was and El Asmar checked quickly. Schemion bet 40,000 and it was called. The turn brought the and again El Asmar checked, allowing Schemion to bet 40,000, and again El Asmar called. The river was the and El Asmar checked for the third time. Schemion bet 185,000 and El Asmar called. Schemion tabled and Hady El Asmar mucked
Hand #44: We came back to the table as El Asmar and Schemion were involved in another pot. El Asmar was seated in the button and he called Schemion's three-bet pre-flop from the small blind. The flop was and both players checked. Schemion bet 150,000 on the turn card of the and El Asmar called. The river was the and Schemion bet a second time, this time to 270,000. His opponent eventually folded and Schemion took down a 615,000 chip pot.
Hand #45: Schemion made it 85,000 from the button, Mateos in the big blind called. The flop came and both players checked. The on the turn made Mateos check again. Schemion bet 100,000 and Mateos tossed in a single 100,000-chip to call. on the river and the two checked, and chopped as they tabled (Mateos) and (Schemion).
Hand #46: Ross made it 85,000 under the gun and El Asmar called from the hijack. Garcia squeezed to 275,000 from the big blind and action was back on Ross. The German folded, but El Asmar called. The flop came and Garcia checked. El Asmar bet 200,000 into the 690,000 pot and Garcia folded.
Hand #47: El Asmar made it 80,000 from early position and Mateos on the button made the call. Garcia got right back in it too and called from the small blind. Markus Ross got a good price in the big blind, but folded.
The flop came and all three players checked. The hit the turn and Garcia and El Asmar checked again. Mateos bet 175,000 and Garcia called, El Asmar folded. The completed the board and Garcia checked. Mateos bet a hefty 465,000 into 665,000 and Garcia tanked for a fair bit before folding. Garcia slipped down to 1,795,000.
Hand #48: El Asmar opened to 85,000 from first position and everyone folded.
Hand #49: Mateos opened the hand with a raise to 80,000 from the hijack. El Asmar in the big blind made the call, and he check-raised Mateos' 110,000 bet on to 230,000. Mateos called.
The hit the turn and El Asmar bet 255,000 into the 675,000 pot. Mateos thought for just a bit before folding.
Hand #50: Fares raised to the button for 100,000 and Schemion called from the big blind. The flop was and Schemion check-folded Fares' continuation bet.
Hand #51: This time it was Markus Ross raising to 90,000 from the hijack and Johnny Lodden called from the big blind. The flop of was checked through, as was the and both players saw the on the river. Ross bet 125,000 and Lodden called. Ross showed and his rivered straight was good enough to take down the pot.
Hand #52: Ole Schemion raised pre-flop and Mateos called from the big blind. The flop came , Mateos checked and Schemion continuation bet for 85,000. The on the turn was checked by Mateos and Schemion continued for 250,000. The river was the . Mateos checked for a third time and Schemion thought for a bit longer than on the previous streets, before deciding to bet 515,000. The pot was now worth nearly one and a half million; two million if Mateos decided to call. Mateos tanked for a bit before releasing his cards.
Hand #53: Schemion raised to 85,000 from the cutoff, and got called by Lodden on the button and Garcia in the big blind. The flop of was checked by all players, and they saw the on the turn. Garcia bet 175,000 and both Schemion and Lodden folded.
Hand #54: Fares opened from under the gun to 95,000 and Mateos called from the button. The blinds folded and the two players saw and Fares check-called a bet of 125,000. He then check-called again on the turn card for 260,000. The river card was the and Fares shoved for his remaining 860,000 and Mateos insta-folded.
Hand #55: Lodden opened from the hijack and got three-bet from Garcia to 210,000 from the button. Lodden took one look at his cards and folded.
Hand #56: Folded round to Adrian Mateos who raised to 80,000 from the hijack. El Asmar called from the big blind and both players saw on the flop. El Asmar check-called Mateos' bet of 90,000 and then both players checked the turn card of . On the river the was dealt, and El Asmar bet out for 50,000 and that was enough to win the pot.
. Ross checked and El Asmar followed his pre flop aggression up with a bet of 105,000. Mateos made the call.
. Both players checked. The 
completed the board and El Asmar bet 250,000. Mateos folded. 3.7 million for El Asmar now, 3.6 million for Mateos.
on the flop and Schemion check-called Lodden's 75,000 bet. The 
hit the turn and Schemion check-folded to another bet by Lodden.
and Schemion checked. Ross bet 130,000 and Schemion made the call. The [Jc[ hit the turn and Schemion checked again. Ross checked behind so the pot stayed 668,000. 
on the river and Schemion checked a third time. Ross tanked for a bit and checked behind. Both had tens; Schemion had the 
, Ross showed 
.
and Mateos check-folded Garcia's bet of 105,000
and Garcia showed 
. Ross tabled 
and took it down.
on the flop and El Asmar made a continuation bet of 100,000. Garcia instantly folded.
. This brought the 
and Schemion bet 55,000 which got a fold from Lodden.
on the turn and Fares checked once again, Lodden checked behind. 
on the river and Fares bet out 175,000. Fares showed up with 
, but that hand would soon end up in the muck as Lodden tabled 
on the river made Garcia check again. Lodden glanced at his stack, and decided to bet 255,000 into the 385,000 pot. Garcia folded.
. Fares moved all-in and Lodden insta-folded.
and El Asmar checked quickly. Schemion bet 40,000 and it was called. The turn brought the 
was checked through, as was the 
and Fares shoved for his remaining 860,000 and Mateos insta-folded. 
on the flop. El Asmar check-called Mateos' bet of 90,000 and then both players checked the turn card of