Philipp Gruissem min-raised to 100,000 from first position and Byron Kaverman announced, “All in.” The dealer threw the red triangle in front of him and the blinds folded.
“I’m sorry.” Grusissem said turning over the for a call. Kaverman turned over his .
The board ran out .
Kaverman was out and Gruissem’s lead over the other remaining three players increased even more.
"You’ve got to laugh," said Seiver about Gruissem's run of luck today once Kaverman had left. “Well, we do.”
Action folded to Scott Seiver in the cutoff and he moved all in for 900,000. John Juanda called from the button, and after the blinds both folded, the cards were turned up.
Juanda:
Seiver:
Seiver was left shaking his head when he discovered he had major kicker issues. The flop wasn't particularly interesting, but the turn was. Juanda paired his queen, but Seiver picked up an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for Juanda, Seiver hit it when the spiked on the river.
Two hands later, Philipp Gruissem opened for 100,000 under the gun and Juanda, who was down to 210,000, just called from the big blind. When the flop fell , Juanda moved all in for his last 110,000 and Gruissem called.
Juanda:
Gruissem:
Juanda got it in good, but the dealer burned and turned the to give Gruissem a hammerlock on the hand. The river paired Juanda, but it was a little too little too late. Juanda will take home €426,800 for his fourth-place finish.
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In the last hand of Level 25, Scott Seiver limped from the button and Philipp Gruissem, who held a commanding chip lead, moved all in from the small blind. Davidi Kitai folded the big, and Seiver snap-called off for 1.66 million.
Seiver:
Gruissem:
Seiver had successfully trapped the German, and he reaped the reward as the board ran out a safe . Ship the double to Seiver.
On the first hand back after the break opened on the button for 130,000. Davidi Kitai squeezed his cards and announced that his super short stack was all in. Scott Seiver folded the big blind and Gruissem made the call.
Kitai:
Gruissem:
Gruissem said that he was happy enough with that.
The cards ran out with the river delivering the final blow to Kitai sending him home in third place. They all shook hands and got ready for the heads up match.
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After the elimination of Davidi Kitai in third place, Philipp Gruissem and Scott Seiver opted to strike a deal. Here is what they agreed to:
Gruissem - €993,963
Seiver - €857,637
The dynamic duo also agree to go all in blind the first hand (and subsequent hands thereafter if need be). We'll see if they hold to that part of the agreement.
Sure enough, the two moved in blind on the very first hand of heads-up play.
Scott Seiver immediately announced that he was all in, and Gruissem had a look at his cards, though it was obvious he just forgot that he wasn't suppose to look at his cards. "Alright, I call," the German said to make it official.
Seiver then tabled the and began laughing. Gruissem then said something along the lines of how bad Seiver was to move all in with such a hand, and then waited a beat before tabling his . It was a good-natured slowroll, and both players shared a laugh.
The in the window got Seiver excited, but his enthusiasm died down when it was followed by the humdrum and . The turn gave Seiver a wheel draw, but it didn't come in as the blanked on the river.
"Alright, now you have to stay here and deal with all of this stuff," Seiver said with a smile before motioning to the various media around the table. A few more laughs and a handshake, and it was all over.
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flop wasn't particularly interesting, but the 
turn was. Juanda paired his queen, but Seiver picked up an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for Juanda, Seiver hit it when the 
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in the window got Seiver excited, but his enthusiasm died down when it was followed by the humdrum 
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