After two long days of high-level poker just eight players remain with a chance to win the €806,650 first-place prize! Dutch youngster Luuk Gieles leads the way with 2,556,000 chips, followed closely by Polish star Dzmitry Urbanovich, Steve O'Dwyer and Sam Greenwood.
It's anyone's game going into the final day, as the average stack is 52 big blinds, and even the short-stacked John Juanda can't be counted out. Juanda comes into the day with 643,000 chips, and he's the only player with less than a million to start with.
The day looks to be very exciting with lots of high-level poker action, and PokerNews will be there to follow it all. Coming into the final table, the eight finalists are guaranteed at least €107,550, and the full payout looks as follows.
Place
Payout
1
€806,650
2
€583,500
3
€376,400
4
€285,000
5
€220,500
6
€172,100
7
€137,140
8
€107,550
As it stands Gieles, our chip leader, is the least experienced player at the table, and here's a look at the finalists ranked by all-time live tournament earnings. It's clear that Juanda, who's a part of the Poker Hall of Fame, leads the way, as he's ranked ninth on the global all-time money list, but he comes into the day as the short stack. On the other hand, Luuk Gieles sits at the bottom of this list, but he's the tournament chip leader.
A win by Gieles today would only make him surpass Dvoress in live tournament earnings, to give an idea of how stacked this final table really is.
Hand #16: The action folded to John Juanda on the button, and the ninth ranked player on the all-time money list, moved all in for 470,000. Daniel Dvoress folded from the small blind and Thomas Muehloecker called right away after looking at his cards.
Juanda:
Muehloecker:
The board ran out and Juanda hit the rail in eighth place.
Hand #35: Luuk Gieles raised to 100,000 from the hijack and he took down the pot.
Hand #36: Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 85,000 and he took down the pot.
Hand #37: Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 85,000 from the hijack and Thomas Muehloecker called from the big blind. The flop came down and Muehloecker check-called 55,000.
On the turn the hit and the Austrian pro check-called another 135,000. The river was the and Muehloecker checked a third time. Urbanovich threw forward a bet of 285,000 and Muehloecker called rather quickly.
Urbanovich tabled for a rivered straight, and Muehloecker smiled as he mucked his cards.
Hand #38: Thomas Muehloecker limped on Luuk Gieles' big blind, and the Dutchman picked up the pot with a raise to 140,000.
Hand #39: Igor Kurganov made it 90,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #40: Thomas Muehloecker made it 115,000 from the cutoff and Dzmitry Urbanovich called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and turn, and Urbanovich bet 155,000 on the river. Muehloecker called, but mucked upon seeing Urbanovich's .
Hand #41: Luuk Gieles made it 125,000 from the cutoff and Urbanovich called from the big blind. Again the flop () and turn () were checked. The completed the board and Urbanovich bet 225,000. Gieles folded and Urbanovich was rewarded the pot.
Hand #42: Daniel Dvoress opened under the gun for 110,000 and Thomas Muehloecker right behind him three bet to 235,000. Action folded to Sam Greenwood in the big blind and he tanked for a bit before asking how much Dvoress and Muehloecker both had. He then announced all in and Dvoress called all in for 530,000 total. Muehloecker folded.
Hand #50: Thomas Muehloecker raised under the gun to 110,000 and Luuk Gieles called from his direct left. The flop came down and Gieles folded after Muehloecker bet 145,000.
Hand #51: Luuk Gieles raised under the gun to 125,000 and Sam Greenwood moved all in from the button for 700,000. Gieles made sure he got the numbers right, and called.
Greenwood:
Gieles:
The board ran out and Greenwood received a big double up, while the start-of-the-day chip leader is now back in the middle of the pack.
Hand #66: Igor Kurganov raised to 135,000 from the hijack and Thomas Muehloecker three-bet from the small blind to 390,000. Luuk Gieles, in the big blind, called all in for 235,000 total, and after a while Kurganov called Muehloecker's three-bet.
The flop brought out and Muehloecker paused for a while before announcing he was, "all in."
Muehloecker's shove was for a little over a million chips, and Kurganov folded right away.
Gieles:
Muehloecker:
The turn was the and the river the , knocking the young Dutchman out in seventh place.
Hand #77: The action folded to Sam Greenwood in the small blind and he paused for a while after looking at his cards before moving all in. Daniel Dvoress, in the big blind, called right after looking at his cards for about 750,000 chips.
Greenwood:
Dvoress:
The board ran out and Dvoress was knocked out in sixth place for €172,100.
Hand #115: Igor Kurganov raised under the gun to 225,000 and Thomas Muehloecker moved all in from the button for 585,000. Dzmitry Urbanovich called and Kurganov followed suit.
The hand was checked down on and the players showed these hands.
Urbanovich:
Kurganov:
Muehloecker:
The Austrian pro was knocked out by Kurganov, who took quite a bit of chips from Urbanovich as well.
Hand #123: Sam Greenwood shoved from the button and won the pot.
Hand #124: Steve O'Dwyer shoved the button and won the pot.
Hand #125: Igor Kurganov raised to 275,000 from the small blind and he won the pot.
Hand #126: Sam Greenwood shoved from the small blind and took down the pot.
Hand #127: Sam Greenwood moved all in from the button for 2,360,000 and Dzmitry Urbanovich called right away after looking at his cards.
Urbanovich:
Greenwood:
The flop brought and Urbanovich took the lead, and on the turn he hit two pair when the hit. The river however, brought the and Greenwood hit a winning set. For just a few seconds a look of astonishment was visible on Greenwood's face, before he composed himself and stacked up close to five million in chips.
Hand #128: Igor Kurganov received a walk.
Hand #129: Dzmitry Urbanovich moved all in from the button and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #130: Dzmitry Urbanovich moved all in for 1,425,000 under the gun and both Igor Kurganov and Sam Greenwood released their hand quickly. Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind made the call however, and Urbanovich's tournament life was on the line.
Steve O'Dwyer:
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
The board ran out an uneventful and Urbanovich hit the rail in 4th place, taking home €285,000. The remaining three players are guaranteed €376,400 from here on out.
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and Juanda hit the rail in eighth place.
and Muehloecker check-called 55,000.
hit and the Austrian pro check-called another 135,000. The river was the 
for a rivered straight, and Muehloecker smiled as he mucked his cards.
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turn, and Urbanovich bet 155,000 on the 
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and Greenwood received a big double up, while the start-of-the-day chip leader is now back in the middle of the pack.
and Muehloecker paused for a while before announcing he was, "all in."
and the river the 
, knocking the young Dutchman out in seventh place.
and Dvoress was knocked out in sixth place for €172,100.
