Pardo Runs Into Volkmann's Aces
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The action folded to big stack Juan Pardo on the button who sized up the stacks in the blinds before announcing all in. Daewoong Song burned through two time banks in the small blind before deciding to fold and Bruno Volkmann had a quick decision by snap-calling off his stack of 580,000 in the big blind.
Juan Pardo: 
Bruno Volkmann: 
Despite being well behind, Pardo flopped plenty of equity with a flush draw on the 
flop. However, the 
and 
bricked out and Volkmann doubled up into the chip lead.
Meanwhile, at the other table, Henrik Hecklen also doubled up with 
against Pablo Brito Silva's 
. Hecklen flopped a set of eights and held on to leave Brito Silva also on the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
670,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
215,000
-505,000
|
-505,000 |
|
170,000
-620,000
|
-620,000 |