Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk defended his big blind and check-called three barrels by PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" on a board of to turn over for second pair that improved to a jack-high flush. Veldhuis, however, had the best of it all the way with the and scored the knockout.
L. Veldhuis busts elmerixx
Among others, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood ran out of chips when his dominated ace with ended up second-best to the of "fishbones11" on a runout.
Simon "Igorkarkarof" Ronnow Pedersen sent his stack over to Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger when his stood no chance versus on a board.
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard then doubled with against the dominated ace of Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii when he turned a flush, but Karmatckii doubled through Loeliger shortly after with versus on a board.
In the meanwhile, Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins clashed with football star "neymar-jr" and his was well behind the of he prolific Brazilian goal scorer. The board confirmed the double and was not overruled by VAR.
Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins departed and he was joined on the rail by several other High Rollers such as Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan, Konstantin "krakukra" Maslak, and Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov.
Filatov jammed the and was isolated by Ben "jenbizzle" Jones with the out of the small blind. The board ame . Jones jumped to more than 1.1 million in chips but lost a big chunk again after that when Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist made top pair with on a board.
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard doubled through Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker with versus . The chips went in preflop and the board kept the Brit in contention.
When all was done and the dust had settled, just 49 players headed into a scheduled 5-minute break.
In a three-bet pot prior to the break, "neymar-jr" came along for 120,000 total when he battled with Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel and saw a flop of on which the Brazilian football star check-called a bet of 75,400. He check-called another 60,000 on the turn and check-folded the river to a shove.
Down to just over 10 big blinds in the new level, he then jammed the button and was called by Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras in the big blind.
"neymar-jr":
Pauli "Fiiliesmies" Ayras:
The flop vaulted Ayras into the lead but Neymar Jr. had a flushdraw. No help appeared on the turn and the river was a blank, too.
Only five tables remain as 45 players are in contention and two big stacks boosted their piles fuerher in Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger and Joel "Odonkor1" Nordkvist.
Arsenii "josef_shvejk" Karmatckii flipped against Loeliger with and didn't get there versus to bow out after a board.
Ben "jenbizzle" Jones followed after his found no help in a 2.4 million chip pot to beat Nordkvist's on the board.
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas and Orpen "OrpTheTurk" Kisacikoglu bowed out, too, which reduced the field to the last 45 contenders.
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden raised it up to 55,000 and was called by Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis in the hijack and Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara in the small blind. The flop was checked to Veldhuis, who bet 80,000. Kihara got out of the way but Vousden made the call to see the on the turn, which he checked and subsequently check-raised from 225,000 to 450,000.
Veldhuis only called and Vousden then jammed the river for 916,562 with for top full house. However, that was not good enough to win the pot as Veldhuis had turned quads with the !!!
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger was part of a three-way all-in with in the small blind against the of a short-stacked Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo on the button and Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger looked them both up with the in the big blind.
The board let Pardo triple up while Eibinger was done for the night.
Loeliger added more chips to his stack when his raked in a million chip pot to beat Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, who had defended the big blind and bricked a combo draw on the board.
Ultimately, Loeliger then won a race with to bust Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker with the on a board.
In between, "biszibosz" turned a set with but the very same card gave Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon with the nut straight and the board ultimately ended up to bust "biszibosz".
Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel also claimed another victim in Simon "simon1471" Higgins when he prevailed in a flip with versus thanks to a board.
And in a battle of the Brazilians, Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani could not find any ace, king or enough spades holding the as Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes with the held up on a board.
The frantic period has reduced the field significantly as suddenly just 37 players remain.