In a battle of the blinds, Fraser MacIntyre and Catalin Pop invested 80,000 each preflop and headed to a flop of 
, which was checked through. On the 
turn, MacIntyre bet 76,000 and was called before leading again the 
river for 120,000.
Pop called and MacIntyre was caught bluffing with the 
, Pop claimed the pot with 
and established the previous lead.
Catalin Pop raised to 45,000 from under the gun and Francois Evard moved all in from two seats over for 272,000. Pop asked for a rough count and quickly called.
Catalin Pop: 
Francois Evard:
The board of 
improved the Swiss on the turn and he doubled up, breaking through Pop's early domination on the final table.
Fraser MacIntyre in the small blind and Catalin Pop in the big blind headed to the 
turn and the former checked. Pop bet 78,000 and MacIntyre folded.
One hand later, Pop limped in and Sergi Escote raised to 55,000, which Pop called. The flop fell 
and Pop checked, Escote bet 65,000 and the Romanian folded "Nice fold," Escote said with a grin on the face and flashed 
for bottom set.
Catalin Pop is on a mission on this final table and quickly took over the lead by some margin. His relentless betting saw a three-bet from 40,000 to 115,000 against Oleg Egorov and the Romanian also fired two barrels against Peter Jaksland.
Pop bet the 
flop for 95,000 and Jaksland called before folding the 
turn when facing Pop's second barrel worth 140,000.
Dominik Nitsche was all in for exactly one big blind and Fraser MacIntyre joked "good call". Catalin Pop raised to 50,000 on the button and that isolated successfully.
Dominik Nitsche: 
Catalin Pop:
Pop pointed to his jack, but it was the other card that hit as the board ran out 
to give the Romanian trips sevens. Nitsche was left drawing dead on the turn and had to settle for a payday of €4,150.
Oleg Egorov defended his big blind and then shoved the river of a board 
. By then, only Catalin Pop was left and folded.
The next hand, Dominik Nitsche shoved for 292,000 and Egorov called all in for 268,000 from the button, while the rest of the table folded.
Oleg Egorov: 
Dominik Nitsche: 
The board ran out 
and Nitsche was left with one big blind and two antes.
Nível: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
After the group picture was done, the nine remaining players sat down and action has commenced with a few minutes left in the current level.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Jaksland | Denmark | 886,000 | 55 |
| 2 | Hampus Persson | Sweden | 262,000 | 16 |
| 3 | Gordon Huntly | UK | 935,000 | 58 |
| 4 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 324,000 | 20 |
| 5 | Oleg Egorov | Russian Federation | 161,000 | 10 |
| 6 | Fraser MacIntyre | UK | 1,359,000 | 85 |
| 7 | Catalin Pop | Romania | 1,272,000 | 79 |
| 8 | Sergi Escote | Spain | 1,360,000 | 85 |
| 9 | Francois Evard | Switzerland | 354,000 | 22 |
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