Nuno Andrade aka "Che" shipped it in for 302,000 and was looked up by David Alvarez Alejandre to trigger the following preflop contest.
Nuno Andrade:
David Alvarez Alejandre:
The flop gave Alvarez Alejandre the middle set while Andrade had the nut flush draw. On the turn, it was all over for the Portuguese as the river brought a now meaningless nut flush.
The next shorter stack to get their last few chips in via open shove from the button was Daniel Henriques. He was looked up by Gytis Juskevicius in the big blind and it was a near repeat history of the previous showdown on the same table a few minutes ago.
Daniel Henriques:
Gytis Juskevicius:
The board delivered the king on the river but also provided the fourth spade to send Henriques to the payout desk.
The field has been reduced to the last 125 players, which means there are a total of 21 tables in play. Furthermore, a new chip was introduced as the gray T-100,000 chip is now also used.
In the meanwhile. the main tournament area is buzzing with at least four other side events happening.
The pace of eliminations has certainly slowed down but the field trickled below.
Many hands end preflop with jams and the latest one involved Malcom Franchi and Julijan Ivanc. Following the open raise to 55,000, Ivanc ripped it in for 498,000 and Franchi went deep into the tank before folding.
Nils Mallon and Gytis Juskevicius battled in a large pot and the better end was reserved for the latter. In a three-bet pot to the turn with 1,175,000 in the middle, Juskevicius pushed all-in to send Mallon into the tank.
A potential biggest pot of the tournament so far was looking but Mallon reluctantly folded to forfeit a chunk of his above-average stack.