Doubles for Spragg and Veldhuis
Both PokerStars ambassadors were very short for a long time but both scored doubles shortly after returning from the break.
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg was up first with 
on the button against the raise of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo, who turned over the 
. The board came 
and Spragg doubled.
Addamo's relentless aggression earned him the chips back the next hand against Michael "munchenHB" Telker.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis then jammed for 826,639 from under the gun and found a customer in fellow short stack Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa out of the small blind.
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: 
Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa: 
After a board of 
, Koplimaa was reduced to one big blind. Two hands later, the Estonian was at risk with 
and Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto in the big blind had the 
. Mastelotto got there on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,495,377
-670,187
|
-670,187 |
|
|
1,881,523
738,433
|
738,433 |
|
|
1,793,278
1,019,989
|
1,019,989 |
|
1,212,450
-828,400
|
-828,400 |
|
Busted |