Matthias Eibinger opened to 825,000 in the cutoff and Winfred Yu called from the big blind. The flop fell and Yu checked to Eibinger who continued for 750,000. Yu pushed forward a check-raise to 2,200,000 and Eibinger instantly mucked his cards.
There are no real short stacks on the outer table and the action has been dictating that for much of that past level.
Michael Addamo raised to 800,000 from under the gun with and was called by Jean-Noel Thorel in the hijack who held .
The flop came , Addamo continued with a bet of 900,000, Thorel counted out chips and the remainder of his stack of 100,000-value chips and then decided to shove for 3,925,000. Addamo folded.
Manig Loeser raised to 950,000 on the button and Matthias Eibinger defended his big blind. The flop came and both players checked, as they did on the turn. Eibinger checked the river and Loeser's bet of 850,000 won the pot uncontested.
Eibinger pushed from the small blind into the big blind of Benjamin Pollak and the Frenchman shook his head before sending his cards into the muck.
Loeser made it 850,000 to go and Timothy Adams called in the cutoff, Dominik Nitsche came along out of the big blind. The flop was checked to Adams and he bet 900,000, only Nitsche called. There was no betting action on the turn and Nitsche bet the river for 4,000,000, Adams surrendered.
Christian Rudolph raised to 850,000 from the hijack and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the small blind with . Rainer Kempe shoved in the big blind for 4,225,000. Rudolph looked at his cards again and decided to call while Thorel quickly folded.
Rainer Kempe:
Christian Rudolph:
The flop came to not help Kempe much.
The turn was the so Kempe only had the aces left as an out but the on the river wasn't that as he was sent to the payout desk in 13th place before he could pick up a pay jump.
After scooping a post on the flop, Dominik Nitsche remained aggressive and raised it up to 650,000 on the outer table. He was called two ways, by Manig Loeser on the button and Matthias Eibinger in the big blind. The trio checked through the flop and Eibinger took the betting lead on the turn, making it 1,800,000 to go.
Nitsche called after some consideration and that forced out Loeser. On the river, Eibinger slowed down and checked. Nitsche moved all in and a snap-fold of Eibinger followed.
The very next hand, Timothy Adams raised to 650,000 on the button and Benjamin Pollak in the big blind called.
"I am your man," the Frenchman grinned. The flop brought and Pollak checked, Adams bet 1,000,000 and that shut down all further action.
The action folded around to Winfred Yu in the small blind who made it 900,000 to go. Manig Loeser defended from the big blind and the flop came . Yu continued for 800,000 and Loeser stuck around to see the on the turn.
Yu opted to check this time and Loeser slid in a bet of 2,000,000. Yu still called and the completed the board. One more check from Yu led to Loeser putting together a bet of 4,800,000. Yu went into the tank for a couple of minutes before finally letting go of his hand.
Rainer Kempe raised to 625,000 from under the gun with , James Romero found on the button and decided to three-bet to 1,500,000. Action folded back to Kempe who called.
The flop came for Kempe to flop two pair but he was still behind against Romero who had the higher two pair. Kempe checked and Romero continued with a bet of 925,000. Kempe decided to shove with the bigger stack and Romero called for the 3,975,000 he had behind.
The cards went on their backs, the turn was the which didn't change the situation and the on the river didn't either and Romero doubled up.