Level: 9
Blinds: 15,000/35,000
Ante: 35,000
Level: 9
Blinds: 15,000/35,000
Ante: 35,000
Manig Loeser raised to 90,000 on the button and Johannes Becker called in the big blind. On the flop, Becker checked and subsequently called a bet of 70,000 by Loeser. The turn and river were checked through and Becker showed the . "That's a lot of pairs," Loeser joked and mucked.
Loeser didn't slow down and raised to 70,000 from the cutoff the next hand, which picked up one caller in Dominik Nitsche out of the big blind. On a flop of , Nitsche check-called a bet of 70,000 and did so again for 160,000 on the turn. The river brought the third check of Nitsche and Loeser's bet of 335,000 forced a fold.
Joao Simao added some more chips to his growing stack when he check-raised the turn of a board out of the big blind. Bertrand Grospellier had bet 160,000 from under the gun and Simao's raise to 550,000 did the trick.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Simao |
2,800,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Felipe Ramos |
2,600,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
Timothy Adams |
2,600,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
||
Johannes Becker |
2,060,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
||
Bertrand Grospellier |
2,000,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Manig Loeser |
1,800,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
Arne Ruge |
1,700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Dominik Nitsche |
1,500,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
Philipp Gruissem raised to 70,000 on the button. Steffen Sontheimer threw in his whole stack worth 365,000 in total from the small blind. Stefan Schillhabel quickly folded on the Germans only table. Gruissem pondered for a bit and then called.
Philipp Gruissem:
Steffen Sontheimer:
The board ran out to give Gruissem the higher pair on the flop.
"Good game." Sontheimer said when he saw he was out of the tournament.
"See! I'm not afraid!" Gruissem replied with a grin. The rest of the table all laughed along, including Sontheimer.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philipp Gruissem |
1,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Steffen Sontheimer | Busted |
Several players were ousted in quick succession and re-entered soon after to make it 10 second attempts and 39 entries in total, nearing the guarantee of �1,000,000 by just one further entry. Jean-Noel Thorel, Bartlomiej Machon, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau and Patrick Leonard are all back with a fresh stack while Team partypoker member Philipp Gruissem entered on his first attempt.
Steve O'Dwyer is expected to jump back in shortly again, his former table now features an all-German line up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bartlomiej Machon |
1,000,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Patrick Leonard |
1,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | 1,000,000 | |
Jean-Noel Thorel |
1,000,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
Philipp Gruissem | 1,000,000 | |
Steve O'Dwyer | Busted | |
|
Level: 8
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Philipp Zukernik raised to 50,000 from the under-the-gun position. Martin Kabrhel shoved all in for his remaining 85,000 from the cutoff and Renato Nowak, sitting in the big blind, called. So did Zukernik.
The flop came , Nowak bet 100,000 and Zukernik got out of their way.
Renato Nowak:
Martin Kabrhel:
"Give him one queen and that's it!" Nowak said to the dealer.
The dealer completed the board with the on the turn and the on the river. Kabrhel was sent to the rail but is expected to fire another bullet today.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Renato Nowak |
1,300,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Martin Kabrhel | Busted | |
|
In the cutoff, Christian Christner raised to 60,000 and Thomer Pidun made it 140,000 to go on the button, Christner called. On the flop, Christner checked and called an identical bet of 140,000 by Pidun. The turn was checked through and Christner's bet of 240,000 that followed after the river secured him the pot without showdown, as Pidun folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christian Christner |
1,400,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Thomer Pidun |
840,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Philipp Zukernik raised to 60,000 from the hijack, Joao Simao three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff and Martin Kabrhel four-bet to 290,000 on the button. Action folded back to Zukernik who shoved all in for 960,000 in total. Simao had a quick think but folded. Kabrhel snap-called.
Philipp Zukernik:
Martin Kabrhel:
The board ran out - no help for Kabrhel and he doubled up Zukernik. After the stacks were counted, Kabrhel was left with 85,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philipp Zukernik |
2,100,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Martin Kabrhel |
85,000
-915,000
|
-915,000 |
|
Dominik Nitsche raised to 75,000 from the hijack and action folded to Leon Tsoukernik in the big blind. Tsoukernik three-bet and Nitsche replied with a shove.
"OK, I need to play The Big Game anyways." Tsoukernik said while he put chips in to call.
Dominik Nitsche:
Leon Tsoukernik:
The board ran out - no help for Tsoukernik as he was sent to the rail to prepare for The Big Game which should start in about two hours.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dominik Nitsche |
2,100,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
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Leon Tsoukernik | Busted |