Hand #1: Mike Del Vecchio directly picked up a monster with and raised to 110,000 in the cutoff. Toby Lewis set the tone by three-betting on the button to 300,000. Del Vecchio four-bet to 750,000 and Lewis snap-folded.
Hand #2: Ben Richardson received a walk.
Hand #3: Johan Schumacher opened to 110,000 from under the gun with . Lewis found in the hijack and three-bet to 250,000. Espen Solaas had in the big blind and tank-folded. Schumacher took his time before folding as well.
Hand #4: Solaas open-shoved in the small blind and Schumacher called all in for 825,000 in the big blind.
Espen Solaas:
Johan Schumacher:
The flop kept Schumacher in the lead, as did the on the turn. There were some chop outs and one of them popped up on the river to prevent Schumacher from doubling up.
Hand #5: Chul-Hyon Park opened for 115,000 with . Stefan Huber made it 350,000 in the next seat with . Park peeled to see . flop. They both checked to see the hit. Park bet 300,000 and Huber thought a bit and then folded.
Hand #6: Ben Richardson raised to 115,000 with . Espen Solaas was in the cutoff with and three-bet to 400,000. Richardson called and they saw flop.
Richardson checked and called 250,000. The turn was a . Richardson checked and faced a half-pot barrel of 725,000. The river was a . Check-check and Solaas dragged a hefty pot.
Hand #7: Mike Del Vecchio raised on the button to 100,000 with . He won the pot.
Hand #8: Solaas opened to 100,000 with . Del Vecchio called in the cutoff with . Huber peeled in big blind with and flopped a flush as hit.
Action checked through for the . Huber put in a bet of 225,000. That induced a couple of quick folds.
Hand #9: Johan Schumacher pushed all in with and won the pot.
Hand #10: Toby Lewis raised to 175,000 in the hijack with . He won the pot.
Hand #11: Lewis raised to 125,000 with . Ben Richardson called on the button with . The blinds got out of the way and they went heads up to . Both checked for a turn. Lewis bet 300,000 and ended the hand.
Hand #12: Mike Del Vecchio got a walk.
Hand #13: Schumacher jammed the on the button and got no resistance.
Hand #14: Espen Solaas opened with to 120,000. Lewis had in the small blind and peeled. He hit a set on the flop but both players checked. The hit and Lewis bet big with 350,000. Solaas let it go.
Hand #15: Mike Del Vecchio raised to 135,000 in the cutoff with . Stefan Huber three-bet to 400,000 from the big blind with the optional . Del Vecchio four-bet shoved and Huber instantly folded.
Hand #16: Toby Lewis raised to 125,000 in the cutoff with . Huber found and shoved for 1,260,000 and Lewis folded.
Hand #17: Raise and take it from Ben Richardson.
Hand #18: Del Vecchio raised to 125,000 with under the gun. Chul-Hyon Park found in the cutoff and three-bet to 350,000. Del Vecchio gave up the best hand.
Hand #19: Richardson raised to 140,000 in the cutoff with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #20: Johan Schumacher shoved 815,000 on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Hand #21: Ben Richardson raised to 140,000 with and Mike Del Vecchio picked up on the button and called. Chul-Hyon Park made it three to the flop with in the big blind.
Everyone whiffed the flop. Richardson bet 325,000 and won the pot.
Hand #22: Toby Lewis made it 125,000 on the button with . Stefan Huber defended big blind with aggressively, three-betting to 375,000 and winning the pot.
Hand #23: Del Vecchio raised to 135,000 with . Lewis had on his left in the cutoff and made it 400,000. He won the pot.
Hand #24: Chul-Hyon Park raised to 140,000 with on the button. Espen Solaas picked up in the big blind and peeled to a flop. Solaas checked and Park bet 125,000. The turn was an . Both checked and a hit. They both checked and Park won the showdown.
Hand #25: Action folded around to Espen Solaas in the small blind, who shoved all in. After peeking at his hole cards, Johan Schumacher quickly called all in for 925,000 in the big blind.
Espen Solaas:
Johan Schumacher:
Schumacher was a two-to-one favorite to survive and remained with a 2:1 lead after the flop. The on the turn added a backdoor diamond draw for Solaas and the Norwegian got what he needed with the on the river, ending Schumacher's tournament life on the spot.
The 28-year old from Belgium set a new career-high cash with A$235,000 for his seventh-place finish. Schumacher, dressed in the flashy Belgian final table shirt, said his goodbyes and headed to his friends on the rail.
Hand #26: Mike Del Vecchio won the pot preflop with unknown action.
Hand #27: Stefan Huber raised to 140,000 with . Espen Solaas folded and everyone else followed suit.
Hand #28: Huber raised to 140,000 first to act with . Ben Richardson called in the next seat with .
Everyone else folded and they saw a flop. Both players checked for a turn. Huber bet his straight draw and got a fold.
Hand #29: Richardson raised to 140,000 with . Toby Lewis three-bet on the button to 425,000 with . Richardson called.
They saw flop. Lewis bet 350,000 and won the pot.
Hand #30: Huber completed with and Richardson raised to 185,000 with .
Huber checked the flop and then called 125,000. He improved on the turn and Huber check-called 450,000. The river was a and each player checked, with Huber taking the sizable pot with a boat.