Keith "lehrjett" Lehr min-raised and was called by Yik Yin "23457" Chiu in the small blind. The short stack of Lehr went in after the flop as he tabled for top pair and the nut flush draw.
Chiu was ahead with for a set and inferior flushdraw. The turn ended Lehr's run as a meaningless fell on the river.
Once 294,000 were in the middle to the flop, it was all but secured that the remainder of the chips would go in and that's what happened between Daniel "RussianBot1" Hindin in the hijack and "Farhills" in the cutoff.
Daniel "RussianBot1" Hindin:
"FarHills:
The turn improved Hindin to a flush and the river was a formality.
With 231,000 in the middle to the flop, Noah "TheVaccine" Schwartz got the last of it in against Adam "MikePrice82" Hendrix in a battle under the gun versus big blind.
Noah "TheVaccine" Schwartz:
Adam "MikePrice82" Hendrix:
The aces held up as the turn and river only lifted Schwartz into the lead for one street.
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In a battle of shorter stacks, David "MPEW299" Wang hit the rail when his ended up second best to the of "BetNicer". The board gave the player with the UK flag a ten-high straight eventually.
MPEW299 eliminated
A far bigger pot emerged between Sami "YrttiDekaani" Kelopuro, and David "Mclovin86" Mzareulov when they got it in following a flop with 120,000 in the middle by then.
David "Mclovin86" Mzareulov:
Sami "YrttiDekaani" Kelopuro:
The turn blanked, as did the river, and Kelopuro shot over 1.3 million in chips.
The vast majority of all chips were in the middle preflop as Rui Ferreira had fewer than one blind behind and check-called all-in afte the flop when facing a min-bet by Christian Rudolph.
Rui Ferreira:
Christian Rudolph:
The turn and river failed to keep the Portuguese poker pro in contention.