Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet got through with a three-bet jam against an open-raise and cold-call, and he then won another pot against Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist to nearly close the gap.
Nordkvist raised the button to 530,000 and Van Fleet came along out of the big blind. On a flop, Van Fleet check-called a bet of 615,600 and the turn brought no action. A min-bet after the river by Van Fleet earned the pot uncontested.
Right after the field was reduced to the final four, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle was at risk with against the of Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist and kept his hopes of the SCOOP title alive on a river.
However, two orbits later both clashed again and Rolle min-raised the button to 500,000 out of a stack of 3.1 million. Nordkvist jammed the small blind and Rolle quickly caleld.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist:
Rolle was in prime shape to overtake Nordkvist in the counts only to see his hopes vanish on the river of a board. The Austria-based poker coach takes home a payday of $92,014.10 for his 4th place finish.
With short stack Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle in the big blind, chip leader "zazano" min-raised to 500,000 in the cutoff and Finland's "EEE27" three-bet jammed for 5,364,052 in the small blind. Rolle let go and "zazano" made the call.
"EEE27":
"zazano":
The flop left "EEE27" in desperate shape but he picked up one chop outs on the turn. A blank followed on the river and that spelled the end for "EEE27" in 5th place for $70,844.30.
In the final hand of the level, Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised the button to 500,000 and called the shove of Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle in the big blind to end up as the player at risk.
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Rolle remained ahead on the flop and the turn but the on the river gave Van Fleet broadway.
Down to just 11 big blinds, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle jammed the cutoff and the action folded to Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, who used a decent portion of his remaining time bank in the big blind to then make the call.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet:
After a board of , Rolle doubled and left a single question mark in table chat.
"zazano" min-raised to 400,000 and was called by Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet on the button. The flop was checked and "zazano" bet nearly the pot on the turn to force a fold.
The next min-raise by the chip leader was called by Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist in the big blind, who checked and called a bet worth 246,000 on the flop. Nordkvist check-called another 800,000 on the turn and "zazano" gave up on the river to check behind- Nordkvist tabled for trips aces and that won the pot.
In the last hand prior to a scheduled 5-minute break, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle lost a chunk of his stack to drop back to the shortest stack of all five players remaining.
Rolle had implemented a limping strategy a while ago and won two pots, he then limped again from under the gun and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet filled up from the small blind, "EEE27" checked his option in the big blind.
The flop brought no betting action and "EEE27" bet the turn for 386,000, which only Rolle called. The Finn also bet the river for 754,000 and Rolle used more than 30 seconds of his time bank before making the call. "EEE27" tabled for second pair and that won the pot.
A min-raise to 400,000 by "zazano" resulted in the shove of "EEE27" on the button and Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist in the big blind used a portion of his time bank before making the call, which got "zazano" out of the way.
"EEE27":
Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist:
The board gave "EEE27" a flush and he doubled.
EEE27 doubles through Odonkor1
"zazano" then limped i from the small blind and "Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised to 600,000 in the big blind, "zazano" made the call. After a flop, "zazano" check-called 728,750 and they checked the turn and river to award the pot to "zazano" with the .
Two hands later, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle was all-in out of the big blind and initial raiser "zazano" snap-called in the cutoff.
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
"zazano":
The flop gave Rolle more outs and he got there thanks to the turn and river runout.