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Marko Neumann raised to 165,000 under the gun with and Frei Dilling three-bet from the hijack to 380,000 with . The action folded back around to Neumann and he made the call after some hesitation.
The flop brought and Neumann checked right away to his Danish opponent who bet 240,000. Neumann casually grabbed the chips to make the call and put them across the line.
On the turn the hit and Neumann checked again, this time holding two pair. Dilling tanked for a bit and put together a bet of 860,000. Neumann put together the call again and the river brought the .
Neumann locked up the hand and checked again. Dilling stared at Neumann for a bit before he moved all in for 2,425,000 and the German pro went deep into the tank. Dilling's stack was counted down and eventually Neumann made the call.
Dilling was knocked out in a massive pot and Neumann grabbed a commanding chip lead!
Pablo Gordillo opened under the gun to 160,000 with . Anthony Ghamrawi on the button made the call holding . Marko Neumann in the small blind with seemed interested as well and squeezed to 600,000.
The big blind folded and action was back on Gordillo. He folded his king-nine and Ghamrawi was the only one Neumann had to get by. That didn't turn out to be too big a problem, Ghamrawi folded as well and Neumann took it down with the squeeze.
Marko Neumann raised to 160,000 from the button with and Pablo Gordillo called from the big blind with .
The flop brought out and Gordillo checked to Neumann who checked behind. On the turn the hit and Gordillo lead out for 135,000 and Neumann called.
The river brought the and Gordillo tanked for quite a while before checking and Neumann checked behind. Neumann's pair took down the pot and he eclipsed the nine-million chips mark.
Oleksii Khoroshenin opened the button to 160,000 with . Marko Neumann made the call from the big blind with .
Heads up to the flop: . Neumann checked to Khoroshenin who bet 215,000. Neumann check raised to 575,000 and the decision was back on Khoroshenin. He called and the on the turn appeared.
Commentator Lee Jones thought Neumann would shut down after being called, and that exactly happened. Neumann checked and he folded as Khoroshenin bet 700,000.
Marko Neumann had called a raise from the small blind with after Oleksii Khoroshenin raised with .
The flop showed and Neumann checked to Khoroshenin who bet 215,000 and his opponent check-raised to 600,000. Khoroshenin tanked for quite a while and on the turn the hit.
Neumann was first to act again and he opted to check to Khoroshenin who checked behind.
On the river the hit and Neumann bet a hefty 1,175,000. Khoroshenin went into the tank for four minutes before he ultimately made the call. Neumann showed his two pair and he raked in the pot.
Anthony Ghamrawi opened under the gun to 160,000 with . Action folded to Pablo Gordillo who made the call on the button with , and Oleksii Khoroshenin with called from the big blind as well.
Khoroshenin flopped the nuts and lead out for 250,000. Ghamrawi, who flopped the nut flush draw with two overs, made the call. Pablo Gordillo, still with the under represented over pair, over called after some heavy thinking.
Three way to the turn where the appeared. What a card to hit as Ghamrawi now had top pair to go along with his flush draw. Khoroshenin bet again, 700,000 this time around. The pot was 2,045,000 in the meantime and Ghamrawi called. Gordillo knew enough by this time, and folded his jacks.
2,745,000 in the pot as the hit the river. Khoroshenin bet out a hefty 1,220,000 and that sent Ghamrawi in to the tank. The home town player took off his sunglasses and really pondered for a couple of minutes. He shook his head, seemed truly in pain, and folded eventually.
Marko Neumann raised to 165,000 under the gun with and Simeon Naydenov moved all in holding from his immediate left. Anthony Ghamrawi re-shoved all in for three million and Neumann folded quickly creating a heads-up showdown.
Naydenov:
Ghamrawi:
The board ran out and Naydenov was knocked out in sixth place.