Ben Wilinofsky raised to 165,000 and Armin Mette in the big blind was the only caller, so they saw a flop heads up. Both players checked.
The turn was the and Mette checked again. Wilinofsky now bet 225,000 and Mette made the call. They moved on to the river.
The river was the - a card that brought in the flush draw, among other things. Mette checked for a third time and this time the bet from Wilinofsky was 750,000. This was too much for Mette, who folded and dropped back below 4 million. Wilinofsky claimed the pot, and is back up to 10.5 million.
Max Heinzelmann raised to 165,000 from UTG and it was passed around to Ben Wilinofsky in the big blind who asked for a count of Heinzelmann's stack. The German looked to have around 1.8 million chips remaining and Wilinofsky raised to 465,000 but his opponent folded instantly.
Next hand saw Martin Jacobson open to 160,000 and Wilinofsky made the call from the small blind to see a wet-looking flop. Wilinofsky check-called a bet of 185,000 from the Swede and the came on the turn. Wilinofsky checked again and Jacobson now pushed out a cool half million in chips out into the middle of the table. This time it was Wilinofsky who opted for the fold - can these shorter stacks peg him back?
Five out of the last nine hands have been opened preflop under the gun. This has met with mixed success. Ben Wilinofsky and Darren Kramer got their raises through with no contest, but Wilinofsky three-bet Armin Mette (410,000 from 160,000) making him fold.
Then Mette took his turn three-betting all in over the top of a Max Heinzelmann raise to 165,000.
As you can see pretty much everyone is getting involved now, with the exception of short stack Joep van den Bijgaart who has little wiggle room.
Max Heinzelmann opened to 165,000 and our official short stack Darren Kramer shoved for just 620,000. It wasn't much, but it was too much for Heinzelmann. Kramer took the pot, and is now back up to 940,000 - almost 12 big blinds.
Martin Jacobson raised to 160,000 from UTG and Max Heinzelmann flat-called in the big blind to see a flop.
Heinzelmann checked and Jacobson bet 165,000, Heinzelmann then check raised to 470,000 - over a third of his remaining chips but Jacobson moved all-in. Call.
Jacobson: for top two pair
Heinzelmann: for top pair and a flush draw
Jacobson was ahead but it was basically a coinflip at this point for a 3 million chip pot. The turn improved Heinzelmann to a flush and now the Swede needed a jack or ten on the river to knock his opponent out. With the way Jacobson has been running at the EPT's, everyone was almost expecting him to somehow make his full house but instead the - the ultimate blank - came on the river.
Heinzelmann doubled to 3.1 million while Jacobson dropped to 1.48 million.
After four hands taken preflop, an all-in grew out of Vadzim Kursevich's initial raise to 210,000. Big blind Ben Wilinofsky checked out his opponent's stack (over two million) and then re-raised to 465,000.
Quickly Kursevich moved in and Wilinofsky called.
It was a big race - Kursevich's vs. the chip leader's .
The flop saw the jacks hold - but Kursevich spiked a on the turn. This left just the jacks to help Wilinofsky, but the river was the and he handed over a pot worth 4,660,000.
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flop heads up. Both players checked.
and Mette checked again. Wilinofsky now bet 225,000 and Mette made the call. They moved on to the river.
- a card that brought in the flush draw, among other things. Mette checked for a third time and this time the bet from Wilinofsky was 750,000. This was too much for Mette, who folded and dropped back below 4 million. Wilinofsky claimed the pot, and is back up to 10.5 million.
flop. Wilinofsky check-called a bet of 185,000 from the Swede and the 
came on the turn. Wilinofsky checked again and Jacobson now pushed out a cool half million in chips out into the middle of the table. This time it was Wilinofsky who opted for the fold - can these shorter stacks peg him back?
flop.
for top two pair
turn improved Heinzelmann to a flush and now the Swede needed a jack or ten on the river to knock his opponent out. With the way Jacobson has been running at the EPT's, everyone was almost expecting him to somehow make his full house but instead the 
- the ultimate blank - came on the river.
vs. the chip leader's 
but Kursevich spiked a 
on the turn. This left just the jacks to help Wilinofsky, but the river was the 
and he handed over a pot worth 4,660,000.