Hard-Charging Homann
Dominik Nitsche opened with a raise to 45,000 from middle position, and Sebastian Homann, sitting on Nitsche's left, called the raise. It folded to Guillaume de la Gorce in the big blind who called as well.
The flop came . It checked to Homann who studied a moment before betting 52,000. De la Gorce called, then Nitsche called as well.
The turn was the . Once more it checked to Homann, who this time also checked.
The river was the . De la Gorce checked, and Nitsche took some time before checking as well. Homann then fired a bet of 128,000, forcing de la Gorce out, but Nitsche made the call.
Homann showed for two pair, and Nitsche mucked. Homann increases his lead even further to 2.2 million, while Nitsche slips below the 1 million-chip mark.