The seat that formerly belonged to Rob Yong is now empty and the Dusk Till Dawn founder has been eliminated.
One table over, Jean-Noel Thorel was involved in two hands of which he won and lost one each. First it was Arne Ruge that check-called a bet of 200,000 by Thorel on the turn before moving all in after the river on the big blind. Thorel glanced over to Ruge's stack and let go.
One hand later, Thorel raised to 110,000 and Patrick Leonard called on the button. Thorel bet the flop for 225,000 and was called before a second barrel on the turn did the trick to force a fold from Leonard.
Patrik Antonius raised to 110,000 from the cutoff and was called by Jean-Noel Thorel and Renato Nowak in the blinds.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Thorel bet 125,000 and both Nowak and Antonius called.
The river completed the board with the on which they all checked again. Thorel tabled for a pair of jacks but Nowak had for the flopped two pair of sevens and sixes which was enough to take the whole pot.
Thanks to 51 entries in total, which includes 14 re-entries, a prize pool of €1,228,750 emerged and the top seven spots will take home a portion of that. The minimum payout is €60,000 while the winner can look forward to a payday of €425,000.
Johannes Becker raised to 135,000 on the button and Dominik Nitsche defended his big blind. Both players checked the flop and the turn. On the river, Nitsche bet 400,000m and Becker folded.
The very next hand, Becker raised to 135,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Pidun moved all in from the button for 1,150,000. Becker gave it some thought and called.
Daniel Pidun:
Johannes Becker:
The flop improved Becker to a pair of kings, and he kept the lead with the turn and river to send Pidun to the rail.
Patrick Leonard raised to 125,000 on the button and picked up a call by Patrik Antonius in the big blind. On the flop, Antonius check-raised from 75,000 to 200,000 and Leonard clicked it back to 325,000. Antonius called and the turn went check, check.
After the river, Antonius checked and Leonard took a final stab at taking down the pot without showdown with a bet of 350,000. Antonius took one minute before calling and Leonard sent his cards into the muck with a smile on the face, while Antonius tabled .
Manig Loeser raised to 145,000 from the button and was called by Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind.
The flop came , Troyanovskiy check-called the 110,000 bet of Loeser.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Troyanovskiy bet 290,000 without much thinking but Loeser needed some more time to take a decision. He didn't look too happy about Troyanovskiy's bet. In the end. Loeser grabbed calling chips and called. Troyanovskiy turned around the for a bluff and Loeser quickly tabled his to take down the pot.
On the heads-up flop of , Dominik Nitsche in the big blind checked and faced a bet of 225,000 by Dietrich Fast in the cutoff. Nitsche check-raised to 725,000 and Fast called. The on the turn brought some kind of a staring contest between the two German High Roller regulars and ended in two checks, there was no betting action on the river either.
Nitsche rolled over for a pair of nines and busted straight draw, while Fast had the for a set of sixes to boost his stack.
turn before moving all in after the 
river on the big blind. Thorel glanced over to Ruge's stack and let go.
flop for 225,000 and was called before a second barrel on the 
turn did the trick to force a fold from Leonard.
on the flop to the 
on the turn. Thorel bet 125,000 and both Nowak and Antonius called.
on which they all checked again. Thorel tabled 
for a pair of jacks but Nowak had 
for the flopped two pair of sevens and sixes which was enough to take the whole pot.
flop and the 
turn. On the 
flop improved Becker to a pair of kings, and he kept the lead with the 
turn and 
river to send Pidun to the rail.
flop, Antonius check-raised from 75,000 to 200,000 and Leonard clicked it back to 325,000. Antonius called and the 
, Troyanovskiy check-called the 110,000 bet of Loeser. 
river either.
