From the cutoff seat, Erik Seidel raised to 16,000. Fabian Quoss was on the button, and he three-bet to 35,000. Action folded back to Seidel, and he also gave it up, allowing Quoss to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
499,000 | 34,000 |
|
190,000 | -35,000 |
Philipp Gruissem raised to 16,000 and Fabian Quoss three-bet to 35,000 from the small blind. Gruissem proceeded to move all in for about 160,000 and Quoss folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000 | -35,000 |
|
200,000 | 45,000 |
Igor Kurganov raised to 16,000 from the cutoff and Fabian Quoss called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and both players checked. The turn, the 
, was checked as well after which Quoss picked up the pot with a 25,000-chip bet when the 
popped up on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 15,000 |
|
445,000 | -20,000 |
Igor Kurganov just moved all in from the button to put pressure on the two short stacks. Philipp Gruissem folded from the small blind and Erik Seidel decided to call off his final 107,000 chips.
Seidel: 
Kurganov: 
The board ran out 
and Seidel doubled up. He's now back up to 28 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000 | -87,000 |
|
|
225,000 | 113,000 |
Philipp Gruissem just moved all in for about 150,000 and the action was folded to Niklas Heinecker in the small blind.
"I'm so bad at ICM you should be sh*t scared right now," Heinecker said to Gruissem who sat in silence. Heinecker, mostly a high stakes cash game player, eventually decided to let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
552,000 | |
|
|
485,000 | -19,500 |
|
200,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
155,000 | |
|
|
112,000 | -8,000 |
Igor Kurganov raised from the button to 16,000 and Philipp Gruissem proceeded to move all in from the small blind. His shove was for 128,500 and Kurganov decided to let this one go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
552,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
155,000 | 29,000 |
Niklas Heinecker stays the most active player at the final table as he just raised it up to 19,000 from the small blind and Igor Kurganov made the call from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and both players checked. On the turn the 
hit and Heinecker picked up the pot with an unknown bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 30,000 |
Niklas Heinecker raised to 16,000 under the gun and Igor Kurganov three-bet up to 35,000. The action was folded back to Heinecker who moved all in for 146,000 and Kurganov folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000 | -37,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 42,000 |
Niklas Heinecker raised to 16,000 from the button and Igor Kurganov called from the small blind.
The flop brought out 
and Kurganov check-called 24,500.
On the turn the 
hit and this time Kurganov check-called 55,000. The river was the 
and Kurganov checked again. Heinecker proceeded to bet 200,000 and that was 2,000 more than what Kurganov had left. He made the call and Heinecker turned over 
for total air. Kurganov showed his and took down this massive pot with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
587,000 | 294,000 |
|
|
148,000 | -307,000 |
