We arrived a bit late with Christoph Vogelsang (small blind) having already had 225,000 committed and just 40,000 behind. Big blind Christopher Kruk was all in.
Presumably, a 3rd player was involved in the pot opening, but by the time we arrived, the action was already back on Vogelsang. He looked around for a bit and eventually called off the remaining 40,000 he had as well.
Christoph Vogelsang:
Christopher Kruk:
The board ran out and Vogelsang was eliminated in 28th place.
Jakub Michalak raised to 70,000 from the small blind and Christoph Vogelsang called in the big blind. On the flop, Michalak continued for 85,000 and Vogelsang called before calling another 132,000 on the turn. The river completed the board and Michalak carefully eyed the stack of his opponent before checking. Vogelsang checked behind and mucked when he was shown for trips kings by Michalak.
Stefan Schillhabel opened the button for 56,000 and big blind Georgios Sotiropoulos called. Sotiropoulos checked on and saw Schillhabel bet 63,000. Sotiropoulos shoved for 307,000 and Schillhabel beat him into the pot with his chips.
Georgios Sotiropoulos:
Stefan Schillhabel:
"Ah!" Sam Grafton exclaimed, "The classic!"
The on the turn locked in the double for Sotiropoulos, the on the river was there just to make it official.
Joaquin Walter got his last five big blinds in with and Jakub Michalak looked him up with the . The board came and Walter remained in contention.
The same table would provide another all in showdown soon after. On the tail end of the board , Marius Gierse bet 150,000 out of the big blind and Fabrice Maltez moved all in for 248,000. "I guess you never bluff there," Gierse sighed and eventually called the few chips more.
Maltez flipped over for the rivered nut flush and Gierse mucked for a straight.
Stefan Schillhabel opened under the gun for 55,000 and Tomi Brouk 3-bet to 150,000 from the cutoff. Big blind Sam Grafton cold 4-bet to 370,000 and Schillhabel 5-bet to 589,000 with 30,000 behind. Brouk folded, Grafton called and showed , not knowing Schillhabel still had the 30,000 behind.
Grafton bet the 30,000 in the dark and the flop came . Schillhabel looked around for a bit, glancing at other tables to see what was going on, and eventually called.
Stefan Schillhabel:
Sam Grafton:
The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Schillhabel more than doubled up again.
Alexandre Reard raised to 55,000 on the button and Oliver Weis let the clock run down to just three seconds before announcing a three-bet to 240,000. Luis Rodriguez Cruz asked for the stack of Reard and moved all in, while the Frenchman folded. Weis had not called yet when Rodriguez exposed his .
The Spaniard joked "I guess you are folding?" and turned over his cards again. Weis asked for the timer on the shot clock to be reset and looked around to the other tables. Weis then used one, two and ultimately three time banks before calling all in for 312,000 in total with the .
The board of gave Weis a big sweat but he held up and doubled.
Just now, we saw the 2 involved in a pot again. This time, though, most of the details are missing unfortunately. We just saw Marchi bet 400,000 on a board of from the small blind. Big blind Zhou called and showed for the winning hand as Marchi had .
Fabrice Maltez was all in for 193,000 from the cutoff with and Marius Gierse called in the small blind with . The board came and Maltez doubled his short stack again.
Action folded to Sergio Cabrera in the small blind and he limped in. Big blind Benjamin Pollak checked and the 2 took a flop of . Cabrera bet 25,000, Pollak called.
The hit the turn and Cabrera now bet 110,000. Pollak shoved all in and Cabrera called for his 360,000 total.
Sergio Cabrera:
Benjamin Pollak:
The river was a blank and Pollak parted ways with a small portion of his chips.
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and Vogelsang was eliminated in 28th place.
river completed the board and Michalak carefully eyed the stack of his opponent before checking. Vogelsang checked behind and mucked when he was shown 
and saw Schillhabel bet 63,000. Sotiropoulos shoved for 307,000 and Schillhabel beat him into the pot with his chips.
on the turn locked in the double for Sotiropoulos, the 
on the river was there just to make it official.
and Walter remained in contention.
for the rivered nut flush and Gierse mucked 
for a straight.
. Schillhabel looked around for a bit, glancing at other tables to see what was going on, and eventually called.
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks and Schillhabel more than doubled up again.
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gave Weis a big sweat but he held up and doubled.
hit the turn and Cabrera now bet 110,000. Pollak shoved all in and Cabrera called for his 360,000 total.
