Philipp Gruissem opened for 80,000 and got called by Scott Seiver in the small blind and John Juanda in the big blind.
They saw a flop of . It checked to Gruissem who bet 125,000. Seiver was the only caller as they went to a turn of . Check-call again from Seiver, this time for 275,000.
The river card was the . When Seiver checked Gruissem went for a bet of 550,000 and Seiver stated to talk to himself, thinking out loud. In the end he made the call and when Gruissem showed him he mucked his cards.
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Action folded to Stephen Chidwick in the hijack and he opted to move all in. John Juanda, who only had 375,000, called off from the small blind and the cards were turned up.
Juanda:
Chidwick:
JJ had woken up with , and Chidwick was looking for either an ace or some hearts. The flop opened up a whole new set of possibilities as Chidwick flopped an open-ended straight draw, but fortunately for Juanda, the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
Two hands later, Chidwick raised to 100,000 under the gun (leaving himself about 125,000 behind), and then moved all in when Scott Seiver min-raised from the hijack. Seiver called and Chidwick discovered the bad news.
Chidwick:
Seiver:
Chidwick was in desperate need of a four, but one did not come as the board ran out . Chidwick was felled in seventh place and will take home €187,200 for his performance.
In the next hand after Stephen Chidwick fell, Martin Finger joined him on the rail.
Finger, who won the EPT10 London £50,000 Super High Roller for £821,000 last year, moved all in from the cutoff after action folded to him, and Davidi Kitai woke up with a little something in the big blind to make the call.
Finger:
Kitai:
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Kitai was a 67.34% favorite to win the hand while Finger would stay alive 32.24% of the time. The flop paired Finger's eight, but he still dropped to 26.57% while Kitai became a 73.43% favorite.
The turn knocked Finger down even further to 18.18%, which meant Kitai would win 81.81% of the time headed to the river. Indeed, it proved to be one of those times as the blanked. Finger failed to get there and will take home €256,400 for his sixth-place finish.
Scott Seiver limped the button, John Juanda called in the small blind and Philipp Gruissem checked his option. The flop was and all three players checked. The fell on the turn and when Juanda checked, Gruissem bet 75,000. Seiver was the one to call and they saw a river card . Gruissem bet 130,000 and Seiver paid the price. “Ten.” Said Gruissem and showed . Seiver nodded and passed his cards to the dealer.
“I’m running good.” Gruissem said.
On the next hand Seiver opened for 85,000 and Gruissem was the one caller in the big blind. The flop was . Gruissem check-called a 100,000 bet from Seiver and they saw a turn cards . Again Gruissem checked and a bet from Seiver of 300,000 this time was again called. The river was the and when Gruissem checked, Seiver checked behind.
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Davidi Kitai limped the button and Scott Seiver did the same from the small blind. John Juanda then moved all in for 540,000 from the big blind, Kitai called, and Seiver got out of the way.
Kitai:
Juanda:
Kitai had coyly played jacks, but he wasn't rewarded for it as the flop gave Juanda the lead with a pair of aces. The turn was of no use to Kitai, and neither was the river. Juanda doubled and is now over a million in chips.
On a flop of , Philipp Gruissem bet (how much we're not sure) from the big blind, and Davidi Kitai called from the button. When the appeared on the turn, Gruissem bet 275,000, Kitai called, and the completed the board on the river.
Gruissem bet again, this time 450,000, and Kitai quickly called. Gruissem tabled the for the ace-high flush, which elicited an expletive from Kitai, who held the king-high flush with the .
"Second bullet champion," Seiver joked as Gruissem stacked his chips.
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. It checked to Gruissem who bet 125,000. Seiver was the only caller as they went to a turn of 
. Check-call again from Seiver, this time for 275,000.
. When Seiver checked Gruissem went for a bet of 550,000 and Seiver stated to talk to himself, thinking out loud. In the end he made the call and when Gruissem showed him 
he mucked his cards.
flop opened up a whole new set of possibilities as Chidwick flopped an open-ended straight draw, but fortunately for Juanda, the 
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
. Chidwick was felled in seventh place and will take home €187,200 for his performance.
turn knocked Finger down even further to 18.18%, which meant Kitai would win 81.81% of the time headed to the river. Indeed, it proved to be one of those times as the 
blanked. Finger failed to get there and will take home €256,400 for his sixth-place finish.
and all three players checked. The 
. Gruissem bet 130,000 and Seiver paid the price. “Ten.” Said Gruissem and showed 
. Seiver nodded and passed his cards to the dealer.
. Gruissem check-called a 100,000 bet from Seiver and they saw a turn cards 
. Again Gruissem checked and a bet from Seiver of 300,000 this time was again called. The river was the 
flop gave Juanda the lead with a pair of aces. The 
turn was of no use to Kitai, and neither was the 
river. Juanda doubled and is now over a million in chips.
, Philipp Gruissem bet (how much we're not sure) from the big blind, and Davidi Kitai called from the button. When the 
completed the board on the river.
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