In one early hand over at the unofficial final table of nine, there was a board reading when Johannes Strassmann fired out 360,000 and Bill Perkins snap-called. Strassmann tabled the for a flush, but it was no good as Perkins held a bigger straight with the . It appears Strassmann was fortunate the board paired on the river.
Martin Finger raised to 80,000 under the gun plus one and Christoph Vogelsang three-bet to 190,000 from the hijack. Finger made the call creating heads up action.
The flop brought and Finger check-called 155,000.
On the turn the hit and Finger checked again only to see Vogelsang bet 350,000. Finger tanked again but eventually called.
The river brought the and Finger checked a third time. Vogelsang immediately grabbed two big stacks of red chips and bet a cool million. Finger looked very frustrated but eventually he tossed in the call.
"Good call," Vogelsang sighed and he opted not to show his cards. This mean that Finger also got away with mucking and we did not get to see the cards in this huge pot. Play with nine continues as Finger is now the chip leader.
It's been quite slow the last 15 minutes or so. The short stacks have shoved a few times, but every time they swipe the blinds and antes. The blinds are big, so we're guessing the bubble bursts sooner than later.
Johannes Strassmann raised on the button and Martin Finger defended from the big blind to create a pot of 280,000. When the flop came down , Martin check-called a bet of 125,000 and then both players checked the turn and river.
Finger tabled the for a pair of threes, which was good as Strassmann mucked his hand.
Mike McDonald was seated in middle position and moved all in for 665,000. Johannes Strassmann moved all in over the top for 1,430,000 and all the other players got out of the way.
McDonald:
Strassmann:
The board ran out and McDonald was knocked out. The remaining eight players are guaranteed at least £109,455 and will return tomorrow!