Hand #6: Ahadpur Khangah limped in from early position with the and Dominik Nitsche in the hijack raised to 3.5 million . Action folded back to Khangah and he let it go.
Hand #7: Khangah limped the next hand with the and Mikita Badziakouski moved all in for 9.425 million with the in the hijack. Khangah verified with the dealer that Badziakouski was indeed all in and called.
Badziakouski had the dominating kicker and dodged a sweat on the board of to double.
Hand #8: Nitsche made it 2 million to go with the and Andreas Eiler three-bet on the button to 5.8 million with the . Thomas Muehloecker in the small blind had the and gave it brief consideration before folding while Steffen Sontheimer in the big blind had . Sontheimer folded, as did Nitsche, and Eiler raked in the pot.
Hand #9: Nitsche raised to 2 million with the and Thomas Muehloecker called on the button with . The flop came and both players checked. After the turn, Nitsche bet 2.2 million and Muehloecker called to see the on the river. Nitsche bet 8 million with his full house and Muehloecker took a long time to make up his mind. Sontheimer called the clock on the Austrian and a few seconds later Muehloecker mucked.
Hand #10: Thomas Muehloecker raised to 2.8 million from the cutoff with and Steffen Sontheimer three-bet to 8.2 million on the button. Dominik Nitsche woke up in the big blind with and pushed all in for 41.35 million. Muehloecker and Sontheimer both quickly folded and Nitsche raked in the pot.
Hand #11: Ahadpur Khangah limped in on the button with and Nitsche raised to 4.2 million from the small blind with . Khangah called and the flop came . Nitsche continued for 2.5 million and Khangah folded.
Hand #12: Sontheimer limped in from the hijack with and Khangah followed suit in the cutoff with . Martin Kabrhel checked his option with and the flop came .
The action was checked around to the on the turn. Khangah was the first player to fire at the pot with a bet of 2.1 million. Kabrhel folded and Sontheimer called. The river was the and both players checked. Sontheimer took down the pot with two pair.
Hand #13: Muehloecker raised to 2.6 million from early position with and Nitsche three-bet to 7.8 million from the cutoff with . Muehloecker made the call and the flop came . Muehloecker checked and Nitsche fired 5.0 million with a flopped full house. Muehloecker called and the hit the turn. Muehloecker checked again and Nitsche bet 7.5 million, forcing a fold from Muehloecker.
Hand #14: Dominik Nitsche raised to 2.5 million from the hijack and Martin Kabrhel took some time before raising to 12 million from the button, leaving himself with 200,000 behind. "I have this for the flop," Kabrhel said to Nitsche" and the German moved all in, Kabrhel called with the words "I gamble."
Martin Kabrhel:
Dominik Nitsche:
"Wow, I didn't expect that," Kabrhel added when he spotted the cards of his opponent. The flop fell and Nitsche picked up a flush draw. The was a blank, but the appeared on the river to improve Nitsche to a flush and eliminate Kabrhel in 8th place for €366,762.
Hand #15: Dominik Nitsche raised to 2.5 million from the hijack with and Andreas Eiler called from the small blind with . Thomas Muehloecker was in the big blind with and also made the call.
The flop fell and the action was checked around to the on the turn. Eiler and Muehloecker checked again and Nitsche fired 5.0 million with his flush draw. Eiler folded and Muehloecker followed him.
Hand #16: Ahadpur Khangah open-shipped all in for 12.025 million from under the gun with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Christoph Vogelsang raised to 2.6 million from the hijack with and everyone folded.
Hand #18: Nitsche received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #19: Muehloecker limped in from the hijack with and Khangah called on the button with . Nitsche completed the small blind with and Mikita Badziakouski checked his option with .
The flop came and the action was checked to Khangah who moved all in for 11.625 million. Nitsche and Badziakouski both folded and Muehloecker asked for a count. Khangah stood up from his chair with his hands on the bumper of the table while Muehloecker tanked for nearly three minutes. He eventually folded and Khangah sat back in his chair.
Hand #20: Andreas Eiler raised to 2.8 million from under the gun with the and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Dominik Nitsche raised to 2.5 million with and Eiler defended his big blind with . The flop came and Eiler checked, Nitsche bet 3 million and that won the pot uncontested.
Hand #22: Nitsche opened to 2.5 million with and Christoph Vogelsang folded on the button. Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind called with and the flop came , which prompted Muehloecker to check. Nitsche bet 2.5 million and Muehloecker reluctantly called to see the turn, giving him a flush draw on top of his gutshot.
Muehloecker checked again and Nitsche bet 6 million to see a reluctant call by Muehloecker. The fell on the river and Muehloecker quickly checked, Nitsche checked behind with the words "stupid ICM" before seeing the bad news.
Right after the end of the hand, the remaining seven players were sent on a 15-minute break.
Hand #25: Ahadpur Khangah limped in from the small blind with and Dominik Nitsche was in the big blind with another monster hand, holding . He raised to 3.2 million and Khangah quickly pushed all in for 18.825 million. Nitsche quickly called and the cards were tabled.
The flop came and Nitsche still held the best hand. The landed on the turn giving Khangah a flush draw. The hit the river and Khangah made a straight. Unfortunately for him, Nitsche improved to a full house and Khangah was eliminated in 7th place.
Hand #26: Dominik Nitsche moved all in from the small blind with the and Mikita Badziakouski folded the in the big blind after some consideration.
Hand #27: Steffen Sontheimer raised to 3.4 million from the cutoff with the and Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind with . The flop fell and both players checked. On the turn, Vogelsang checked and folded to a delayed continuation bet of 2.9 million.
Hand #28: Sontheimer made it 3.3 million with in the hijack and Vogelsang picked up the in the small blind. Vogelsang gave it some consideration and moved all in, Andreas Eiler folded in the big blind quickly and Sontheimer also let go.
Hand #29: Vogelsang raised from the button to 3.4 million with the and Eiler in the small blind called with the . Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind held and asked Vogelsang "how much are you playing?" before tossing in calling chips.
Three-way to the flop of , it was Eiler that bet 3.8 million and Muehloecker folded, Vogelsang called. The improved Eiler to a straight and he checked, Vogelsang checked back. After the river, Eiler bet 6 million and Vogelsang called to drop to the bottom of the counts.
and Dominik Nitsche in the hijack raised to 3.5 million 
. Action folded back to Khangah and he let it go.
and Mikita Badziakouski moved all in for 9.425 million with the 
to double.
and Andreas Eiler three-bet on the button to 5.8 million with the 
. Sontheimer folded, as did Nitsche, and Eiler raked in the pot.
. The flop came 
turn, Nitsche bet 2.2 million and Muehloecker called to see the 
on the river. Nitsche bet 8 million with his full house and Muehloecker took a long time to make up his mind. Sontheimer called the clock on the Austrian and a few seconds later Muehloecker mucked.
and Steffen Sontheimer three-bet to 8.2 million on the button. Dominik Nitsche woke up in the big blind with 
and pushed all in for 41.35 million. Muehloecker and Sontheimer both quickly folded and Nitsche raked in the pot.
and Nitsche raised to 4.2 million from the small blind with 
. Khangah called and the flop came 
. Nitsche continued for 2.5 million and Khangah folded.
and Khangah followed suit in the cutoff with 
. Martin Kabrhel checked his option with 
. 
and both players checked. Sontheimer took down the pot with two pair.
and Nitsche three-bet to 7.8 million from the cutoff with 
hit the turn. Muehloecker checked again and Nitsche bet 7.5 million, forcing a fold from Muehloecker.
was a blank, but the 
. 
and Eiler defended his big blind with 
