With the board reading , Ole Schemion fired out a bet 137,000 into a pot of about 250,000. Fatima Moreira de Melo slid out a raise to 300,000 and Schemion instantly folded, knocking himself back down under a million while the Team PokerStars SportStar is now above that mark.
In one of the many all-in clashes currently happening in the tournament room during the last level of the day, Farid Chati shoved preflop for around 100,000 and Denmark's Morten Christensen made the call. Chati opened and Christensen showed .
Jorge Luque Pinana fired a bet of 20,000 on the turn of an board only for Morten Mortensen to raise to 48,000. Pinana then came back over the top with a three-bet to 80,000 and the Dane deliberated before flat-calling.
The river was the and Pinana slowed down, checking across to Mortensen. The latter slid out a stack of 100,000 chips to leave his Spaniard opponent sitting, staring, and generally blinking in the direction of his foe. Finally he let his hand go and Mortensen took down the pot.
Nikolas Segredakis from Greece just left the tournament room highly upset by the outcome of his last hand of the tournament. He shoved his stack from the small blind with and was called by UK's Daniel Rudd holding .
Segredakis was still in the lead after the flop went , but the on the turn was crucial for the Greek. The didn't help and Segredakis was eliminated from the tournament chasing €11,550.
Bjorn Lindberg is up to 340,000 after disposing of Dany Parlafes with against .
Parlafes hit the flop better but had an almighty sweat on the turn. He avoided the diamond, the river was black, but it was the which gave the pot to the Swedish player.
Poland's Mikolaj Zawadzki shoved from the cutoff on the board reading . Jonathan Karamalikis in the big blind was the only player left at the table to make the call and he asked the dealer for his opponent's exact chip count. The dealer did the counting and announced 184,000. Karamalikis called.
Zawadzki opened for a two pair and Karamalikis mucked his hand. However, as there was one more card left to open on the board, the dealer flipped the Australian's hand revealing . The on the river didn't change a thing and Zawadzki doubled.
We happened upon the table with around 200,000 in the pot and a board reading . Guy Bachar had moved all in for around 300,000 and was called by Antonin Duda.
Showdown
Duda:
Bachar:
Bachar let it ride with the nut-flush draw, which he needed to hit to over come Duda's trip nines. The dealer burned and put out the river... . Bachar, the Day 1b chip leader, was left shaking his head as he made his way to the payout desk.
No Spaniard has ever won the title. The closest to do so was Dragan Kostic and Jesus Cortes Lizano, who both finished as runner-up in Season 8 and Season 7 respectively.
No player has ever made the final table twice.
Many Americans have made the final table over the years including Phil Ivey (2nd in Season 3), Jason Mercier (6th in Season 5) and Adam Junglen (6th in Season 4), but Carter Phillips was the only American to win the event, doing so in Season 6 after conquering a field of 479 players for €850,000.
There have been two winners from Sweden (Season 1 & 7) and two from Germany (Seasons 5 & 8); while the other winners have hailed from France (Season 2), Norway (Season 3), Denmark (Season 4) and United States (Season 6).