From under the gun, Ketul Nathwani raised to 140,000 and action folded all the way around to Marcel Koller in the big blind. He made the call.
The two players saw a flop of and both players checked. The turn was the and both checked again. After the paired the board on the river, Koller fired 175,000 and Nathwani folded.
Marko Neumann raised to 140,000, and Kevin MacPhee reraised to 420,000. Neumann quickly moved all in, and big stack MacPhee snap called. It was your standard race for Neumann's against Kevin's . Not good news for Neumann, as MacPhee's been nearly unbeatable in flips this tournament.
MacPhee's luck held up when he spiked a set on the flop. Neumann was drawing to a chop and completely dead after the on the turn gave MacPhee a boat. The irrelevant on the river ended the tournament for Neumann. The German goes home with €120,000 for seventh place. MacPhee now has over 10 million chips, giving him a greater than 2:1 lead over his next closest opponent.
Marcel Koller from Switzerland has the largest railbird section watching the final table. His group of spectators have a giant Swiss flag and are waving it around when Koller scoops a pot. There's about ten of them in the bleachers, and they're loving every minute of the action.
Ilari Tahkokallio raised to 190,000 and Kevin MacPhee called from the big blind. After a flop of , MacPhee checked over to the preflop raiser. Tahkokallio fired a continuation bet of 275,000 and then MacPhee raised to 865,000. Tahkokallio let it go and MacPhee put a little more distance between himself and Tahkokallio.
Ilari Tahkokallio raised, and Marcel Koller shoved for 2,395,000. Tahkokallio called, and yawned. Just another day at the office for Mr. Cookie Monster.
Tahkokallio:
Koller: in a spot of bother with
Board:
With that, the popular Swiss hit the rail in sixth place. Tahkokallio meanwhile deserves a cookie - he's up to almost 7 million.
The final five are taking a quick break as the production crew repositions them around the table and gets the video feed up to speed on the latest elimination. Back to Round 28 in a few.