Dominik Nitsche limped in from the small blind and Charlie Carrel checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked the flop before Nitsche min-bet the turn for 800,000, Carrel called. The river was checked again and Nitsche announced king-high, then turned over .
That was enough to win the pot while Carrel dropped to around 6 million.
Charlie Carrel moved all in first to act and the action folded to Martin Kabrhel in the small blind. He asked for a count and Carrel's stack was counted to be at 5.75 million. Kabrhel had less than that and tried to engage in some table talk. "Do you want to gamble Charlie?" he asked before tournament staff reminded him that he cannot talk about the hand while a third player, in this case Dominik Nitsche in the big blind, is still in the hand.
Kabrhel eventually folded, as did Nitsche. "I had big suited cards, I am wondering why I didn't call," Kabrhel added and Carrel replied "Yeah, I am wondering that, too."
Ahadpur Khangah raised to 1.6 million on the button and Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 4.5 million from the big blind. Khangah called and the flop came . Muehloecker check-called a bet of 6.0 million from Khangah.
The turn landed the and Muehloecker checked again. Khangah announced all in for 7.075 million and Muehloecker called. Khangah tabled for top pair and Muehloecker showed for a pair of jacks and a flush draw. The on the river changed nothing and Khangah double up.
After taking a beating from Muehloecker to start the day, Khangah finally fought back and took a chunk of chips from Muehloecker, who still holds the current chip lead.
Martin Kabrhel was first to act and checked the action on the feature table, subsequently the clock was called on him. Right after, he moved all in for 4.075 million and Dominik Nitsche called from one seat over. All other players folded and the cards were tabled.
Martin Kabrhel:
Dominik Nitsche:
While Nitsche flopped a queen it was no good with the board running out to let Kabrhel double.
One hand later, Charlie Carrel moved all in and Kabrhel was in the big blind. "Do you want to gamble?" Carrel asked to Kabrhel, repeating the same question he was being asked previously by the Czech. "I am a post flop gambler, not pre flop," Kabrhel replied. More table chat followed and Kabrhel elected to fold.
Kenny Hallaert pushed all in for 7.0 million from the cutoff. Martin Kabrhel tank-folded in the small blind and Dominik Nitsche made up for lost time by instantly calling in the big blind.
Dominik Nitsche:
Kenny Hallaert:
It was a coin flip for Hallaert's tournament life and the dealer fanned the flop of . Nitsche took the lead with a pair of kings and Hallaert was at risk of being eliminated. The turn was the and the river landed the . Hallaert became the tenth-place finisher and the remaining nine players will now join on one table for the unofficial final table.
In the very first hand of the unofficial final table, the action folded to Charlie Carrel on the button and he moved all in for 7.3 million and Steffen Sontheimer called from the big blind.
Charlie Carrel:
Steffen Sontheimer:
The flop of was as bad as it could get for Carrel, as he needed running cards to avoid elimination. Carrel was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality. The Brit was eliminated in 9th place and takes home €295,131 for his efforts, leaving the table with his usual trademark smile.
Hand #1: The action folded to Steffen Sontheimer in the small blind with and he raised to 3.5 million. Ahadpur Khangah folded the small blind and Sontheimer won another pot.
Hand #2: Andreas Eiler raised to 2.2 million from the hijack with and Dominik Nitsche called in the big blind with . The flop was and Nitsche check-called a bet of 1.6 million from Eiler. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Nitsche checked for the third time and Eiler bet 4.2 million. Nitsche took a couple moments but eventually found a fold.
Hand #3: The action folded to Nitsche in the small blind who pushed all in with . Mikita Badziakouski was in the big blind with and let his hand go.
Hand #4: Eiler raised to 2.2 million from early position with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #5: Thomas Muehloecker opened to 2.2 million from early position with and Martin Kabrhel re-raised to 6.0 million from the small blind with . Meuhloecker announced all in and Kabrhel called for a total of 6.7 million.
The flop came giving Kabrhel a pair of aces. The turn was the and the river brought the , giving Muehloecker no help. Kabrhel doubled up through the chip leader and politely said "Thank you" to the dealer afterwards.