Marko Neumann raised to 105,000 under the gun with and Rumen Nanev called from the hijack with . Anthony Ghamrawi called from the big blind with and the flop brought out .
Ghamrawi checked, as did Neumann and Nanev tanked for a bit before betting 155,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
On a rare trip to the future (carried out exactly 60 minutes ago), I did a quick headcount at the final table. All eight players were still in their seats. Not all of them look happy, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
Under the gun plus two, Timo Pfutzenreuter raised it up to 100,000 with . Marko Neumann on the button with made the call. Frei Dilling in the big blind with came along for the ride as well.
Dilling checked from the big blind and Pfutzenreuter made a 155,000 continuation into the 365,000 pot. Neumann made the call, Dilling folded.
The on the turn was an interesting card to hit. Pfutzenreuter now had a gut shot and flush draw, but he was drawing dead. With the pot now already containing 675,000 chips, Pfutzenreuter bet 365,000.
Neumann, who started the hand as the shortest stack, looked like he had a tough decision, and called after a minute of thinking.
The on the river was a total brick. The commentators expected Pfutzenreuter to give up with his aggression. After four minutes of thinking, Pfutzenreuter showed everyone he had other plans though. The young German player bet 785,000.
Neumann checked his cards and put on a little act before he moved all in. Pfutzenreuter instantly folded.
The 3,805,000 went to Neumann who now has 3.8 million.
Oleksii Khoroshenin raised to 100,000 from under the gun plus two holding while Marko Neumann woke up with in the cutoff.
Neumann called in position and Rumen Nanev three-bet from the big blind with to 350,000. The action was now back on Khoroshenin who tanked for quite a while before putting out a four-bet to 600,000.
The pressure was now on Neumann, who held the best starting hand, but Khoroshenin put him in a very difficult situation. Neumann let go of his hand and the pressure was now back on Nanev. Nanev ultimately folded as well and Khoroshenin picked up this last pot before the first break.
It folded to Simeon Naydenov in the cut off who raised it up to 125,000 with . Frei Dilling on the button made the call holding and he called. Rumen Nanev held in the small blind and called to make it three way to the flop.
Nanev checked to Naydenov who checked as well. Dilling in position bet out 160,000 and Nanev instantly folded. Naydenov didn't have the same plan, he called to make the pot grow to 835,000.
on the turn which gave both players a straight draw. Naydenov checked once more and Dilling bet out 385,000. Naydenov thought about it for a little before eventually folding.
Anthony Ghamrawi raised to 125,000 from the button with and Marko Neumann called from the small blind holding . Simeon Naydenov woke up with in the big blind and the flop showed .
Neumann and Naydenov checked to Ghamrawi who bet 145,000. Neumann was next to act from the small blind and he decided to make the call and Naydenov quickly folded.
The turn brought the and Neumann lead out this time for 330,000 and Ghamrawi stared down his opponent for a bit before making the call. On the river the hit and Neumann opted to check to his Austrian opponent.
Ghamrawi checked behind and Neumann showed the winning cards and he now holds the chip lead.