Ngoc Tai Hoang raised to 240,000 with in the small blind and Oliver Weis defended the big blind with the . The flop gave Weis middle pair while Hoang had bottom pair
Weis called a bet by Hoang and the followed on the turn. Hoang now bet 390,000 and Weis folded the best hand.
Erik Seidel limped in with the and Ngoc Tai Hoang checked his option with the . Seidel bet the flop for 90,000 and Hoang called to see the turn go check, check.
The river gave Hoang the superior hand and Seidel checked, Hoang bet 200,000 and received a call to scoop the pot.
Nino Ullmann then raised to 170,000 with the from under the gun and Oliver Weis defended the big blind with the . Both flopped a pair on and Weis checked to Ullmann, who continued for 300,000.
A raise to 180,000 by Oliver Weis with the was called by fellow short stack Vincent Wan in the big blind with the . The flop saw Wan bet 125,000 after long consideration and Weis called.
There was no betting action on the turn and the river filled up Weis to a full house. Wan checked and a bet of Weis for 325,000 ended the action right there.
Gareth Pepper opened the action with a raise to 180,000 with the and Erik Seidel flat-called in the small blind with the . The flop brought and both players checked to the turn.
Once again both checked and the followed on the river. Seidel checked once more and Pepper now bet 475,000,
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Ngoc Tai Hoang raised to 180,000 with the and Nino Ullmann came along out of the big blind with the . The flop came and Ullmann check-folded to a continuation bet.
Hoang then raised to 180,000 with and Gareth Pepper made the call with the in the big blind. They checked the flop and the turn. After the river, Pepper eventually bet and Hoang immediately released his cards.
Nino Ullmann opened pre-flop and Gareth Pepper called in the hijack. Nicolas Malo flat-called in the big blind.
Malo and Ullmann checked a flop of over to Gareth Pepper who bet 400,000.
Malo check-raised all in for 790,000 and Ullmann re-raised to 1,325,000. Pepper took his time before tank-folding .
Nino Ullmann:
Nicolas Malo:
Ullmann had flopped the nut straight, with Malo holding nothing but a straight draw of his own.
The turn and river couldn't save him and Malo became the first elimination at the final table.
"I'm not sure about the play," Malo told the live stream. "Maybe I should fold preflop, but I'm just really happy in general.
"On Day 2 I went all in for 30,000 with against so I just ran super good and won a lot of all-ins to get here. The organisation is super good as well; it's just a great tournament with a super good field."
Nicolas Malo raised it up to 160,000 with the and Gareth Pepper defended the in the big blind. The flop came and Pepper checked to face a bet worth 90,000, which he called.
After the turn he improved and checked once more, Malo checked back this time. The fell on the river and Pepper bet 280,000 to pick up a call from Malo and win the pot.