Kroatian player Zdravko Duvnjak open shoved from the cutoff. He got a call from Ole Schmion in the big blind and a 2.8 million pot was at stake. Schemion showed which dominated the hearts Duvnjak had as well with .
The flop was as bad as they could come for Duvnjak. After the on the turn Duvnjak was already drawing dead and he shook hands with the players before exiting the stage. The on the river was just a formality.
Zdravko Duvnjak takes home €118,200. He told us he's thinking about going to the PCA in January so we might see him there.
From under-the-gun Max Silver raised to 160,000 with , Georgios Sotiropoulos called on the button with as did Lau with in the big blind On the flop Lau led into Silver for 200,000 and both players folded. Pot to Lau.
Max Silver is now the short stack after losing a big pot to Julian Track and as a result the German is now closing in on 10 million chips.
From the cut off Track raised to 180,000 with and Silver just called from the small blind with .
On the flop Track continuation bet 200,000 and Silver called. The turn was the giving Silver the nut flush draw, he rechecked his cards, then checked as did Track. The river was the , Silver decided to bet his missed draw and fired out a bet of 480,000 and after a couple of minutes Track made the call.
His hand was good and Silver is now down to 1,450,000.
Ka Kwan Lau opened under the gun to 170,000 with and received calls from Ole Schemion on the button () and Julian Track in the big blind ().
The flop was good for Schemion in that it gave him a set: . It was also bad for him in that none of his opponents had anything at all. They checked to him and after his 250,000 bet both gentlemen folded.
From under-the-gun Julian Track raised it up to 180,000 with , it folded to Ole Schemion in the small blind, he had bigger suited connectors, and three-bet to 475,000 with , it folded to Track and he made a very quick call.
On the flop Schemion continuation bet 360,000 and Track called. The fell on the turn Schemion bet 625,000 and after Track folded Schemion showed the 'bluff'.
Things weren't going all that well for Max Silver in the last level. He didn't catch a break, couldn't hit any flops. He just open shoved his last 1,580,000 and got a reshove from Stephen Chidwick behind him. The other players folded and a big clash between the two men from the United Kingdom was a reality. Though Silver needed to hit with his against Chidwick's , he was smiling like he was ok with the situation either way.
After the flop things were looking pretty good for Silver. The on the turn wasn't reason for concern either but the was. The rollercoaster of emotions ended with disappointment, though Silver was still not acting all that upset. He gave Chidwick a hug and exited the stage.
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