Hand #109: Daniel Colman raised to 1.2 million from first position, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #110: Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 800,000 on the button and received no callers.
Hand #111: The action folded to Antonio Esfandiari on the button, and he tanked for nearly 90 seconds before folding. Colman moved all in for effectively 8.8 million out of the small blind, and Scott Seiver surrendered his big blind.
Hand #112: Colman moved all in on the button, having both players in the blinds well covered, and they both folded.
Hand #113: Action folded to Scott Seiver on the button, and he limped in. Tobias Reinkemeier checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came down before both players checked. The turn was the , and Reinkemeier led with a bet of 750,000. Seiver called, and the river was the . Reinkemeier bet 1.25 million, and Seiver called.
Reinkemeier showed the for a full house to beat Seiver's for a flush.
Hand #114: Tobias Reinkemeier raised to 900,000 from the small blind Antonio Esfandiari moved all in for 5.05 million out of the big blind, and Reinkemeier called.
Reinkemeier:
Esfandiari:
Esfandiari's contingent was rather silent, whether it be because it is very late or their man was dominated we don't know. They didn't call for any cards as the dealer fanned , and the Magician's fate was sealed when the fell on the turn.
A meaningless completed the board, adding a little bit of salt to the wound, and Esfandiari was eliminated two places shy of the money. The inaugural ONE DROP champion will still retain the largest single prize with the over $18 million he won in 2012, but he will not make a return trip to the final table.
The final nine players will now move into the mothership and battle it out on the biggest bubble in poker.
Hand #143: Tom Hall called from the small blind and Cary Katz checked from the big blind. The flop came down and Hall bet 600,000, which was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #144: Cary Katz limped from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu raised to 1.1 million from the big blind. Katz folded.
Hand #145: Cary Katz raised from the button to 1,025,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #146: Tom Hall raised to 850,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #147: Cary Katz raised to 850,000 and Tom Hall called from the big blind. The hand was checked down on a board and Hall showed . Katz tabled and he won this pot.
Hand #148: Daniel Negreanu raised to 800,000 under the gun and Cary Katz called from the big blind. The flop came down and Katz lead for 1,000,000.
"I don't have the king," Negreanu smiled as he folded his cards and Katz raked in this pot.
Hand #149 Christoph Vogelsang raised to 800,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu flatted from the big blind. The duo saw touch down on the felt and they both checked. The was the turn and two more checks allowed the board to finish with the . Negreanu bet 1.2 million and Vogelsang went into the tank.
After about 90 seconds, Vogelsang tossed out a call.
"I have a king," said Negreanu, rolling over .
Vogelsang mucked his hand and Negreanu picked up the pot.
Hand #1: Daniel Colman won the pot with a preflop raise.
Hand #2: Unknown action - the pot was taken down with a preflop raise.
Hand #3: Colman raised to a million in the hijack seat, Tobias Reinkemeier reraised to 2,500,000 on the button, and Paul Newey moved all in for 3.27 million out of the big blind. Colman folded, and Reinkemeier snap-called.
Reinkemeier:
Newey:
Newey's aces held up as the board came , and the Brit doubled through.
Hand 4: Action folded to Tom Hall and he raised to 1.1 million from the hijack seat. Tobias Reinkemeier reraised to 2.6 million from the cutoff seat, and action folded back to Hall. He called, and the flop came down . Hall checked, and Reinkemeier bet 2.5 million. Hall folded, and Reinkemeier won the pot.
Hand #5: Christoph Vogelsang raised to one million from early position, and everyone folded.
Hand #6: Rick Salomon received a walk in the big blind, or as Mike Sexton would say, "a ground skinner."
Hand #7: Daniel Colman raised to 1.1 million from under the gun and won the pot.
Hand #8: Daniel Negreanu raised to 1.1 million from middle position, and action folded around the table to give him the blinds and antes.
hand #9: On the button, Vogelsang raised to one million. Colman reraised all in from the small blind for effectively 10.9 million. Vogelsang tank-folded, and Colman won the pot.
Hand #10: Cary Katz raised to 1.175 million from middle position, and action folded around the table to give him the pot.
Hand #11: Tobias Reinkemeier completed from the small blind, Daniel Negreanu raised to 1.7 million out of the big blind, and Reinkemeier folded.
Hand #12: Tom Hall raised to 1.2 million in the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #13: Negreanu raised to two million on the button, Scott Seiver moved all in for 4.7 million out of the big blind, and Negreanu called.
Negreanu:
Seiver:
The flop gave Negreanu a leading pair of fives, but the on the turn kept Seiver very much alive. Any nine, queen, king, or ace would double him up - he had so many outs and was so excited that he asked to squeeze the river card - and the dealer spiked the onto the felt.
The German contingent celebrated for Seiver as he raked in the pot, and he's now up over 10 million chips.
Hand #14: Daniel Colman raised to one million from middle position. Daniel Negreanu reraised to 2.5 million from the cutoff seat, and action folded back to Colman. He folded, and Negreanu won the pot.
Hand #15: Negreanu raised to 1.1 million from the hijack seat, and action folded to Rick Salomon in the big blind. He reraised to 3.1 million, and Negreanu folded.
Hand #16: From the small blind, Salomon raised to one million, and Christoph Vogelsang called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Salomon checked, and Vogelsang bet 750,000. Salomon folded, and Vogelsang won the pot.
Hand #17: Tobias Reinkemeier raised to one million from early position, and Rick Salomon called on the button to see the flop come down . Reinkemeier bet 1.25 million, and Salomon called.
The turn was the , and Reinkemeier checked. Salomon bet 1.75 million, and Reinkemeier folded.
Hand #18: Salomon raised to one million, and Colman called from the small blind to see the flop come down . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Colman led with a bet, and Salomon folded.