Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian moved all in for 186,800 from under the gun. Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon shoved for 820,000 and Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski shoved for 431,000.
The blinds folded and the cards were turned over.
Artur Martirosian:
Brunno Botteon:
Mikita Badziakouski:
The jacks held up on the as Badziakouski doubled through Botteon and eliminated Martirosian. 11 players remain with just nine places paid.
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Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin raised to 24,000 and Ivan "zufo16" Zufic shoved for 182,524. "BoldSergey" four-bet all in for 295,000 and Buldygin folded.
Ivan Zufic:
BoldSergey:
Zufic was behind but spiked an eight on the flop. The turn was the but the river saw "BoldSergey" regain the lead and eliminate Zufic.
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz raised to 15,050 and Jon "apestyles" van Fleet three-bet all in for 242,945 from the small blind. Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger folded his big blind and Holz called all in for his last 137,843.
Fedor Holz:
Jon van Fleet:
The flop was safe for Holz, but the turn gave Van Fleet the lead. The river was the and the former WCOOP Main Event winner was eliminated.
With fewer than five minutes remaining in late registration, Holz opted to fire a second bullet and received a fresh stack of 100,000.
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David Peters is a new face in the field and has already had to re-enter. On his very first hand he tangled with Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger pre-0flop.
Eibinger opened to 14,375 and Peters shoved for starting stack.
Matthias EIbinger:
David Peters:
The board came and Peters was forced into an early re-entry.