Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani won the last two hands of the previous level, twice by betting the turn, and boosted his stack to more than two million in chips.
Elio Fox then raised to 132,000 from an early position, which was matched by Ronny Kaiser out of the big blind. The flop fell and Kaiser checked, Fox bet 88,500 and earned another call. That led to the turn and Kaiser checked once more. Fox now bet 390,000 into 531,000 and Kaiser activated his time bank.
After nearly 90 seconds, Kaiser jammed for almost 1.5 million, and now it was up to Fox to utilize the additional time. Some two minutes passed and Fox made the call with the superior stack.
Ronny Kaiser:
Elio Fox:
The fell on the river to give Fox broadway and Kaiser was gone in 8th place.
"Elio came to play," Sean Winter stated in table chat.
Matthew "Nator" Hyman got involved in the action with a min-raise to 120,000 and Elio Fox called out of the big blind. On the flop, Fox check-called for 106,425 and the turn went check, check. Fox also checked the river and Hyman made it 267,675 to go.
Fox quickly matched that amount and won the pot with versus .
The action started with a raise to 120,000 by Timofey Kuznetsov in the second position and Mikita Badziakouski filled up from the cutoff. On a flop of , Kuznetsov check-called for 130,051 and checked again the on the turn. Badziakouski now made it 321,301 to go for Kuznetsov to call.
On the river, Kuznetsov checked the third street in a row and Badziakouski bet 843,903 into 1,285,204. Kuznetsov gave it some thought and eventually called with for the king-high straight but Badziakouski had the best of it with for the king-high flush.
Timofey Kuznetsov won two pots in a row, one of which he claimed the blinds and antes and one which got the job done with a continuation bet on the flop. Mikita Badziakouski earned the next two pots at the expense of Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani and Sebastian "TheodoreRhye" Trisch.
In the second hand, Trisch opened to 132,000 and the chip leader defended the big blind. The flop went check, check, and Badziakouski bet the turn for 173,250 to win the pot uncontested.
Trisch then claimed the next two blinds and antes with open raises.
Elio Fox min-raised the button to 120,000 and was called by Matthew "Nator" Hyman out of the big blind. The flop was checked and Hyman led the turn for 161,250, which Fox matched. Hyman then jammed the river for 804,809 and Fox let go after brief consideration.
Timofey Kuznetsov and Matthew "Nator" Hyman got through with three-bet jams and just one other hand saw a flop without any further action.
A limped pot between Michel "CrossfireX" Dattani and Elio Fox followed that was checked on the flop. Dattani bet the turn for 72,450 and Fox raised it up to 250,000, which shut down his table neighbor.
The next blind battle involved Fox and Sebastian "TheodoreRhye" Trisch as the former raised to 217,000 and the latter called. Fox check-called for 120,000 on the flop and the turn was checked by both. Fox then bet the river for 239,745 and Trisch came along after long consideration.
He was shown the by Fox, which was good enough to win the pot as Trisch only had for a bluff catcher.