Jianpengfei "jcqs" Jian departed in a big pot and an even bigger one was played out right before the break between Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern and Mario "xxmmarioxx" Mosboeck.
It all kicked off when Morgenstern opened to 600,000 in middle position an was called by Mosboeck in the big blind.
Mosboeck check-raised the flop from 515,000 to 1,695,000 after using a portion of his time bank and Morgenstern stuck around. Mosboeck bet the turn for 2.155 million and then jammed the river for more than 4.7 million, both times using another portion of his time bank.
The river jam then sent Morgenstern into the think tank and he eventually called with the only to see Mosboeck score a big double with .
Joao "UnforgivenM7" Lains moved all in preflop for 3,998,993, called first by small blind “Brainfwaves” and then – all in for less – by big blind Paul "Pistolero99" Lozano.
Lains:
“Brainfwaves”:
Lozano:
The shortest stack spiked their eight on the flop, with the jacks holding against the tens (despite a straight draw appearing on the turn) over a run-out.
The eliminations of "LaxxedAF" and "MR1SHNARK" have reduced the field to the final 24 players. "MR1SHNARK" was ahead when the chips went in preflop with tens versus nines but Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern spiked a nine on the flop.
"yaldon" raised to 1 million and was called by Francois "Merqrial" Evard in the hijack. They checked the flop and Evard jamme the turn when facing a bet of 1.25 million, "yaldon" called and tabled the . Evard had the and the river secured his double.
Kazuki "8809" Ikeuchi then doubled with against the of Evard on a board of .
Two hands later both clashed again as Ikeuchi min-raised to 500,000 and Evard defended the big blind. Evard check-shoved the flop and Ikeuchi called for 2.86 more on top.
Francois "Merqrial" Evard:
Kazuki "8809" Ikeuchi:
Ikeuchi's second double in quick succession was looming but Evard spiked the turn for trips, the river felted Ikeuchi in 27th place.
Blake "Beast2018!" Bohn moved all in for 3,850,175 over the top of "nicholas0613" who'd made the same move for a million less in front of him. No third taker arrived, and the cards were on their backs:
Bohn:
"nicholas0613":
The board - was no good for pocket tens, and the incredible pace of busting that's been sustained for the past three levels continues.