On a flop, Andreas Gülünay checks, McDonald bets 160k and gets a call. On the turn, Gülünay goes all-in and McDonald starts talking.
"I was bluffing the flop, but I think I have you," says McDonald and calls showing which is way ahead of Andreas' . The river comes and Gülünay wins the monster pot to take over the lead.
Gülünay screams, "I love poker!" to the excited crowd.
Christian Harder could not improve his result from the Bahamas since he was the first player to be eliminated from today's final table. He got all the money in holding against Michael McDonald's . The flop came and with a on turn he also made a flush draw and had a total of 14 outs, but none showed on the river and Harder was eliminated. He receives 85,500 Euros for his performance here at the PokerStars EPT German Open.
Another all-in from Thibaut Durand, this time with and Haase calls again with . The flop comes , the turn is , the river is and Thibaut doubles up. Haase drops back to 277k.
Strassmann raises to 36k, Haase re-raises to 95k, Strassmann asks him how much he has left and then calls. The flop comes , Strassmann goes all in and Haase calls immediately showing his , which is way ahead of Strassmann's . The turn is and the river is , and Haase doubles up to 695k.
Johannes Strassmann raised to 37k pre-flop and Gülünay called. The flop came , Strassmann bet 45k and Gülünay called again. The turn was the . Strassmann then said, "Since you just called I have to bet again," then bet out and won the pot.
Diego Perez raised pre-flop, Andreas Gülünay called and the flop came . Diego made a continuation bet and won the pot. We are now on our first break of the day and the players will be back in a few minutes.
From early position, Thibaut Durand goes all-in for 61k, Torsten Haase calls and Durand has , to Haase's . The flop comes and Durand needs another four or an ace, but the on the turn closes the deal and Thibaut Durand is our seventh-place finisher in the PokerStars EPT German Open receiving €120,200.
Johannes Strassmann has had a great start today and is the new chip leader. He is also the first player with over a million in chips. He is now at 1,067,000.