It's been very slow here in the closing minutes of Level 16. To give you an example, the biggest hand we've seen at the secondary feature table as of late came when Timothy Adams min-raised to 60,000 on the button and Christoph Vogelsang called from the small blind. Patrik Antonius came along from the big and three players saw a flop of .
Vodelsang was first to act and led out for 140,000, which was enough to take down the pot as both Antonius and Adams folded.
The flop read when Mike McDonald checked to Patrik Antonius who bet 35,000. McDonald check-raised to 100,000 and Antonius tanked for a bit before making the call.
On the turn the hit and McDonald moved all in putting Antonius to the test. The Finnish pro called for his final 236,000 and the cards were turned face up.
The flop showed in a raised pot by Johannes Strassmann when Martin Finger checked from the big blind. Strassmann fired out 105,000 and his fellow countryman made the call.
On the turn the hit and Finger checked to Strassmann again who bet 255,000 this time. The former EPT Prague winner tanked again but eventually folded.
The river brought the and Finger checked to Strassmann a third time. Strassmann bet 475,000 and after tanking for a long time his opponent called. Strassmann showed and he took down this very big pot.
Christoph Vogelsang opened for 80,000 under the gun and received calls from Ole Schemion and Timothy Adams, who were on the button and big blind respectively. Two checks on the flop saw Schemion bet 140,000, Adams fold and Vogelsang call.
Vogelsang proceeded to check-call a bet of 260,000 on the turn and then both players checked the river. Vigelsang was first to show and tabled the , and it was good as Schemion mucked.
Just three hands after Christoph Vogelsang took a big pot off Ole Schemion, the two Germans collided once again.
It began when action folded to Vogelsang on the button and he raised to 90,000. Patrik Antonius folded the small blind, and Schemion thought for about 40 seconds before moving all in for 925,000. Vogelsang leaned back in his chair and hit the tank for a brief spell.
"Call," Vogelsang eventually whispered. Schemion confidently tabled the , and he was well out in front of Vogelsang's . In fact, according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Schemion had a 71.11% chance of surviving the hand while Vogelsang would come from behind just 28.59%.
Much to Schemion's dismay, this was one of those times as the flop paired Vogelsang's ace. A clearly frustrated Schemion slapped the table to say, "Good game," and began to get out of his seat. The dealer burned and turned the , which prompted Schemion to begin removing his microphone. When the completed the board on the river, he handed the sound equipment to the TV crew and made a beeline out the door.
Schemion's elimination leaves just nine players, which means they'll combine to one table. We'll have that draw and updated counts for you in a few minutes.