Connor "blanconegro" Drinan has just taken down a couple of small pots, one against Joao "Naza114" Vieira with a straight at showdown, and the following against Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen with a turn bet to bring his stack up to 13.39 million. All three players' stacks have been provided below.
Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen opened the action with a raise to 625,000 and received a call from Joao "Naza114" Vieira, defending his big blind. The flop dropped and both players checked.
The turn came and Vieira bet 921,000. Kyllonen called and then action checked through the river to take the hand to showdown.
"Naza114"
Vieira showed for a seven-high straight which was good for the pot as Kyllonen mucked, unable to beat it, and Vieira now finds himself over 12 million once again with only a few minutes remaining in the level.
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan limped in on the button to put action onto Joao "Naza114" Vieira in the small blind, who completed. Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen then raised his option, potting it for a cool 1 million, and only Drinan called.
Action went heads up to a flop of and Kyllonen made a continuation-bet of 1.25 million. Drinan had seen all he wished to pay for, and let his hand go to result in Kyllonen taking down the last pot of Level 35.
There was a three-way limped pot that saw a flop of and Joao "Naza114" Vieira in the small blind. Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen bet 600,000 in the big blind and saw Connor "blanconegro" Drinan call to put action back onto Vieira, who folded.
Both players checked the turn and the river fell . Kyllonen checked once more to put action onto Drinan, who checked behind.
Kyllonen showed for a turned full house that further improved to aces full jacks on the river. Drinan did not bite upon being checked to, checking back and mucking once Kyllonen showed the nuts.
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan limped in to complete his small blind and saw Joao "Naza114" Vieira check his option in the big blind, taking action heads up to a flop of .
Drinan bet 300,000 and Vieira pumped it up to 770,000. Drinan thought for about 15 seconds and then let his hand go, earning Vieira the pot to take him over 10 million as Drinan has fallen below that same mark.
Joao "Naza114" Vieira saw action fold to him in the small blind and completed. Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen raised the size of the pot, making it 900,000 to go and Vieira called. The flop came and Vieira checked to Kyllonen, who made a continuation-bet of 1.05 million. Vieira called.
The turn was and Vieira checked again. Kyllonen continued, betting another 2.925 million. Vieira called and the river fell . Vieira checked to Kyllonen once more, and Kyllonen made a pot-sized bet of 9.75 million.
The bet was enough to put Vieira to a decision for his remaining 7.57 million, and Vieira wasted no time calling.
Joao "Naza114" Vieira:
Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen:
Vieira had called with the second nuts of a nine-high straight on a board where both possible flush draws missed. Unfortunately for Vieira, Kyllonen had the one hand that could beat his own and he was eliminated from the tournament in third place, earning $186,695 for his three-day effort as the heads-up match between Kyllonen and Connor "blanconegro" Drinan has begun.
Eight hands of heads-up play have occurred and the tournament is now on a five-minute break. Six of those hands were small pots and the other two saw turn bets end the hands, with both Connor "blanconegro" Drinan and Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen each winning one of them.
Drinan has increased his stack by about 1.5 million, or five big blinds as a result of the early play.
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan completed on the button and Jens "Jeans89" Kyllonen raised to 900,000. Drinan called the pot-sized raise to see the flop come , and Kyllonen made a continuation-bet of 1.05 million. Drinan called.
The turn came and Kyllonen thought for a while, dipping into his time bank before putting out a pot-sized bet of 3.9 million. Faced with a bet of more than one-third of his stack, Drinan thought for about 15 seconds and then folded.
The pot was sent to Kyllonen, who has nearly a three-to-one chip lead with play set to enter a new level in just a moment's time.