Hand #18: Denys Shafikov limped from the button for 120,000 and Amir Touma completed from the small blind and Rainer Kempe checked in the big blind. The flop came down and all three players checked. The turn was the and again the action was checked. The river was the and again nobody wanted to bet, until Shafikov threw in 150,000 from the button. Both Kempe and Touma folded.
Hand #19: Victor Bogdanov moved all in under the gun for 1,255,000 and he won the pot.
Hand #20: John Juanda raised to 240,000 under the gun and that was enough to take it down.
Hand #21: Mario Sanchez Cano raised under the gun to 260,000 with 1.58 million left behind, and Rainer Kempe three-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff. Kempe Sanchez moved all in for 1,835,000 total and the showdown went as following.
Kempe:
Sanchez:
The board ran out and Sanchez doubled up, leaving Kempe with just 315,000.
Hand #14: While still stacking his chips, Andreas Samuelsson got straight back into it and raised it to 220,000 under the gun. That rewarded him the blinds and antes, all players folded.
Hand #15: Another under the gun raise, this time it was Denys Shafikov making it 200,000 from first position. Everyone folded and so it was another raise and take it. Samuelsson in the big blind later exclaimed he thought he was getting a walk and folded without really looking.
Hand #16: John Juanda in the hijack made it 200,000 and again everyone folded.
Hand #17: Juanda went for two in a row and again made it 200,000, this time from middle position. Sanchez Cano in the hijack called and so did Amir Touma in the big blind. The flop came and Touma checked. Juanda made a continuation bet of 300,000 and Sanchez Cano laid it down. Touma in the big blind was harder to shake off as he called.
The on the turn saw Touma check again. Juanda checked back and the two saw saw a free river in the 1,340,000 pot: . Touma bet out 550,000 and Juanda folded.
Hand #11: Andreas Samuelsson raised to 215,000 under the gun plus three Victor Bogdanov called from the big blind. The flop came down and Bogdanov lead out for 275,000 and Samuelsson thought for a while before raising to 875,000.
Bogdanov tanked for a long time before ultimately giving up his cards.
Hand #12: Denys Shafikov raised to 200,000 under the gun plus three and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #13: Andreas Samuelsson raised to 220,000 under the gun plus one and Victor Bogdanov three-bet to 575,000 from the button. Samuelsson looked back down at his cards again, looked at Bogdanov, and then decided to make the call.
The flop brought out and the action was checked. On the turn the hit and Samulesso checked again. This time Bogdanov bet 750,000 and Samuelsson made the call.
On the river, with 2.8 million in the pot, the hit and Samuelsson checked again. Bogdanov grabbed more chips and fired out 1.5 million. Samuelsson called and Bogdanov showed for ace high while the Swede proudly tabled .
Hand #5: Amir Touma opened for 200,000 from middle position and Frederik Jensen in the big blind made the call. The flop came and Jensen checked. Touma made a continuation bet of 250,000 and Jensen folded.
Hand #6: With Victor Bogdanov missing from the table, action folded to Steven Warburton in middle position and he opened to 220,000. Mario Sanchez Cano on the button made the call but Frederik Jensen had bigger plans. He got 740,000 out and slid them forward from the small blind. The big blind and Warburton both quickly laid it down. Sanchez Cano eventually decided to follow their lead and laid it down as well.
Hand #7: Rainer Kempe raised it up and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #8: Action folded to Andreas Samuelsson on the button and he made it 200,000 to go. Amir Touma in the big blind called and the two of them saw a flop of . Touma checked and Samuelsson bet 225,000 into the 540,000 pot. Touma quickly released.
Hand #9: Andreas Samuelsson went for two in a row and made it 205,000 to go from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded and Samuelsson again started stacking.
Hand #10: Mario Sanchez Cano raised to 225,000 under the gun plus two and Denys Shafikov three-bet to 475,000 from the cutoff. Sanchez ended up folding and
Hand #4: Amir Touma raised under the gun plus three to 225,000 and Rainer Kempe moved all in for 1,115,000 from the hijack. Touma made the call, and the showdown went as following.
Touma:
Kempe:
The board ran out and Kempe doubled up. Touma loses some more chips and dropped down to 4.44 million.
Hand #3: Mario Sanchez Cano shoved all in under the gun for a total of 1,380,000 and Denys Shafikov was quick to call when it folded to him. The players behind them all folded and it was time to put the cards on their backs.
Denys Shafikov:
Mario Sanchez Cano:
The flop came and Sanchez stayed in the lead. The on the turn was no harm and neither was the on the river. Double up for the lone Spaniard in the field.
Hand #1: Victor Bogdanov raised to 200,000 under the gun and he picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #2: John Juanda raised under the gun to 200,000 and Amir Touma called from the cutoff, even though he put in more chips. Touma didn't put in enough to raise, and it was ruled a called. Bogdanov called as well, and the flop brought out .
The action was checked around and on the turn it got checked to Touma who bet 300,000 and Bogdanov called. Juanda went into the tank for a while before check-raising to 1,050,000. Touma took quite a bit of time, but eventually he slid forward enough green chips to make the call. Bogdanov folded, and two players went to the river.
With 3.14 million in the pot, the river brought the . Juanda was first to act with 4.86 million left behind, and he was covered by Touma with 5.58 million. Juanda put together a bet of 1.85 million. The number 10 on the all-time live tournament money list pushed the chips forward, and Touma went into the tank.
Touma put aside the chips to make the call, but after six minutes he ultimately folded his cards.
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
and again the action was checked. The river was the 
and again nobody wanted to bet, until Shafikov threw in 150,000 from the button. Both Kempe and Touma folded.
and Sanchez doubled up, leaving Kempe with just 315,000.
and Touma checked. Juanda made a continuation bet of 300,000 and Sanchez Cano laid it down. Touma in the big blind was harder to shake off as he called. 
on the turn saw Touma check again. Juanda checked back and the two saw saw a free river in the 1,340,000 pot: 
. Touma bet out 550,000 and Juanda folded.
and Bogdanov lead out for 275,000 and Samuelsson thought for a while before raising to 875,000.
and the action was checked. On the turn the 
hit and Samulesso checked again. This time Bogdanov bet 750,000 and Samuelsson made the call.
hit and Samuelsson checked again. Bogdanov grabbed more chips and fired out 1.5 million. Samuelsson called and Bogdanov showed 
for ace high while the Swede proudly tabled 
. Touma checked and Samuelsson bet 225,000 into the 540,000 pot. Touma quickly released. 
and Kempe doubled up. Touma loses some more chips and dropped down to 4.44 million.
. Juanda was first to act with 4.86 million left behind, and he was covered by Touma with 5.58 million. Juanda put together a bet of 1.85 million. The number 10 on the all-time live tournament money list pushed the chips forward, and Touma went into the tank.