Danny Tang raised to 215,000 on the button and Hossein Ensan defended. On the flop, Ensan checked, Tang bet 260,000 and Ensan simply ripped it for 3,015,000. Tang appeared to have quite the decision but eventually decided against it and folded.
Hossein Ensan raised to 275,000 on the button and Sergio Aido called in the big blind. On the flop both players checked and did so again on the turn and river. Aido showed and that won the pot.
Ensan raised to 200,000 on the button one orbit later and Danny Tang shoved out of the small blind to force a quick fold.
In a limped pot, Sergio Aido min-bet the flop and Ensan called. After the turn, Aido bet 200,000 and called a raise to 500,000 by Ensan. The river was checked by both and Aido tabled for the nut flush to scoop yet another pot.
Ensan shoved soon after to claim the big blind and antes, but has since dropped back to 21 big blinds after these two aforementioned hands.
Sergio Aido's raise to 200,000 on the button was called by Hossein Ensan out of the small blind and Danny Tang also came along from the big blind. On the flop, Ensan simply moved all in first to act and both opponents folded.
Danny Tang limped the small blind the next hand and Aido checked from the big blind. On a flop of , Tang checked and called a bet of 125,000. The turn brought no action and Tang also checked the river. Aido bet 215,000 and Tang's check-raise to 815,000 did the trick to claim the pot uncontested.
Hossein Ensan raised to 250,000 in the small blind and Danny Tang defended. Ensan bet 250,000 on the and Tang called. The on the turn went check/check.
The river was the and Ensan checked. Tang bet 530,000 and Ensan called. Tang showed for the rivered straight and won the hand.
Directly after, the players went on a 10-minute break.
Hossein Ensan has won the first three hands after the break. In the first hand, he open-shoved on the button to win the blinds and antes. The next hand, Danny Tang raised to 250,000 on the button and folded to a big blind reshove from Ensan.
The third hand saw Ensan limping in from the small blind. Tang made it 380,000, Ensan called and the flop fell. Ensan led out 150,000 and Tang quickly folded.
Sergio Aido raised to 250,000 on the button and Danny Tang defended his big blind. Tang also check-called on the flop before both players checked the on the turn.
The river was the and Tang settled on a bet of 420,000. Aido, however, had a different plan as he raised to 1,450,000. Tang gave it a brief thought but called within the thirty seconds allowed by the shot clock.
Aido showed for the nut flush and Tang threw his hand in the muck.
Sergio Aido raised to 300,000 in the small blind, Hossein Ensan shoved 2,400,000 from the big blind and Aido snap-called to put Ensan at risk.
Sergio Aido:
Hossein Ensan:
A rather sizable crowd ran to the rail in anticipation of what was about to unfold.
"One time!" Ensan yelled, but the flop proved far from helpful. Ensan needed to hit a queen or one of the backdoors if he was going to survive. The turn brought the , opening up the flush draw, which was met by many cheers from the rail.
Despite the chants for a queen or heart, the river bricked with the and Aido let out a small fist pump. Ensan, still smiling, made his exit in 3rd place and the crowd favorite added another six-figure score to his impressive poker resumé here in Prague.
Danny Tang and Sergio Aido have made a deal that instantly ended the tournament. They struck an ICM deal, which resulted in €381,000 for Tang and €449,000 for Aido. The trophy and winner's honors are going to Tang.
An extensive recap of Day 3 of the €10,300 High Roller will follow shortly.