After an extremely aggressive start, the pace of play has slowed down considerably. Since the break, the pots have become smaller and the three-bets a more rare occurrence.
"Tacuara87" came in with a raise to 236, before Canada's "Mincrushers" reraised to 755 from middle position. "Tacuara87" reraised to 1,766, and "Mindcrushers" wasted no time moving all-in for 5,975 total. "Tacuara87" made the call with , and was instantly shown the bad news, as the Canadian was holding the better pair - .
The board ran out , and "Mindcrushers" dragged the pot.
In the very last hand before the break, "Ti0373" raised under the gun to 160, and a short-stacked Renato "Curioso24" Lezama Nu?ez made the call out of the big blind. Nu?ez then proceeded to check-raise all-in for his remaining 813 chips on the flop, and the Russian made the call.
Nu?ez:
"Ti0373":
Nu?ez was looking to improve to a straight or a pair to best the Ace-high flushdraw of his opponent, but neither the on the turn, nor the on the river was good for the Peruvian, and he hit the rail in 14th place.
With action folded around to "Tacuara87" on the button he opened the pot with a raise to 200. "PulledPorker" in the small blind shoved all-in from the small blind for 1,877 total, and "Tacuara87" quickly called.
"PulledPorker":
"Tacuara87":
Despite "Tacuara87" flopping top set on the flop, he still needed to dodge the clubdraw of his opponent. The turn and river fell and , and Canada's PulledPorker was sent to the rail.
Germany's "KellerA" came into the pot with a raise to 159, and both "ScratcyR" and "Makuherra" made the calls. Together they saw a flop and being checked to, "ScratcyR" fired out a bet of 405. Only "KellerA" committed the chips.
After the was revealed on the turn, the German came out swinging with a bet of 911, and his opponent didn't waste much time before shoving all-in. "KellerA" called even quicker, having turned the straight with , but he wasn't out of the woods yet, as the of "ScratchyR" could still improve to a full house.
The river paired the board, and thus "KellerA" was sent to the rail in 16th place.
"Ti0373" came in for a raise of 172 from first position, and only Renato "Curioso24" Lezama Nu?ez made the call in the small blind. Both players checked through the flop, before "Ti0373" bet out 292 on the turn.
The put a broadway straight on board, which led the Russian to fire a hefty bet of 3,556. Nu?ez wasn't going anywhere, and made the call with , good enough for a chop pot against the of "Ti0373".