Steve O'Dwyer limped the button with 
and Steffen Sontheimer in the big blind raised to 330,000 with the 
. The 
flop brought a bet of 225,000 by Sontheimer and a call by O'Dwyer, creating a pot of more than 1.2 million. On the 
turn, Sontheimer checked and O'Dwyer checked back.
The 
river resulted in a bet of 750,000 by Sontheimer with his seven-high and O'Dwyer folded.
Mikita Badziakouski opened to 180,000 with the 
in the cutoff and Sontheimer called with the 
. The 
flop was checked by Badziakouski and Sontheimer bet small for just 140,000, Badziakouski called.
The 
turn went check, check, and the 
river triggered a bet worth 650,000 into a pot of 830,000 by Badziakouski. Sontheimer used one time bank extension and called to see the bad news.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,035,000
-365,000
|
-365,000 |
|
||
|
3,420,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
|
1,845,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
1,815,000
-785,000
|
-785,000 |
|
||
|
1,805,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
|
1,610,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
1,220,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
and Peter Jetten in the big blind moved all in for 1,015,000 with the 
. Leow gave it some thought and folded.
flop. Sontheimer continued for 160,000 and raked in the pot.
was called by Mikita Badziakouski with the 
and the latter check-called a bet of 125,000 on the 
flop. On the 
first to act and called the shove of Wai Leong Chan for , who was at risk for the 580,000 with the 
.
. On the 
flop to a bet of 90,000 as well. Right after that new T-100,000 chips were introduced.
first to act and Steffen Sontheimer called from one seat over with the 
. The flop fell 
and Badziakouski continued for 140,000, Sontheimer called.
turn, Badziakouski fired 400,000 and Sontheimer called. The 
river was checked and Sontheimer pulled further away at the top of the leader board.
on the river reduced the field to the last seven hopefuls, while Loeser headed to the rail to collect HKD2,015,000 ($256,681) for his efforts.
and Manig Loeser came along from the big blind with the 
and Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for 605,000 in the cutoff with the