Hand #70: With 37 minutes left in the level, the first hand of the last day of the Grand Final action was opened by Johnny Lodden raising from the hijack. El Asmar defended the big blind with and flopped best on . El Asmar checked and Lodden bet 140,000, El Asmar called. The fell on the turn and El Asmar checked. Lodden fired another bet, 340,000 this time. El Asmar folded his bottom pair.
Hand #71: Ole Schemion received a walk.
Hand #72: Adrian Mateos raised it up with under the gun, and everyone folded.
Hand #73: Fares found in the hijack and made it 105,000. Lodden folded ace-six in the small blind, Mateos made the call with from the big blind. Mateos checked on , and folded to Fares' 135,000 bet.
Hand #74: El Asmar made it 105,000 with and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #75: Schemion raised to 170,000 from the hijack with , and Lodden three-bet from the cutoff with . It was folded back to Schemion, who let it go.
Hand #76: Garcia raised from the button with and Fares called from the small blind with . Fares checked a flop of and Garcia bet out 115,000. Fares called and the turn card was the . Both players checked. The river was the giving both players two-pair, Fares with a higher two-pair. Fares bet 350,000 and Garcia thought for a while, counting out the chips before calling. With this hand Fares moved up to around 4,700,000 in chips, increasing his lead whilst Garcia is now officially the short stack with 760,000.
Hand #77: Johnny Lodden raised to 100,000 under the gun with and Fares three-bet from the button with to 220,000. Action folded back to Lodden who mucked.
Hand #78: Action was folded to Schemion in the small blind who woke up with Aces; . He completed and Lodden checked his option with . The board was . Schemion reached for his chips and Lodden immediately mucked before Schemion had a chance to bet. "Show them," asked Schemion, and Lodden obliged, as Schemion also turned over his aces.
Hand #79: Lodden raised to 135,000 with from the small blind, and Mateos three-bet to 350,000 with from the big blind. Lodden asked how much Mateos was playing, and eventually folded.
Hand #80: Fares folded under the gun. Lodden found and made it 100,000 from the button. Garcia in the big blind made the call with . The flop came , putting Lodden well in front. Garcia check-folded to Lodden's 105,000 continuation bet.
Hand #81: El Asmar made it 110,000 under the gun with . His neighbor Ole Schemion three-bet to 330,000 with . Fares in the big blind folded and action was back on El Asmar, he called. The flop came and El Asmar out flopped Schemion. El Asmar checked, and Schemion bet 340,000. El Asmar check-raised to 685,000 and Schemion folded.
Hand #82: Garcia opened on the button to 100,000 and he picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #83: Fares made it 110,000 from the button holding . El Asmar in the small blind made the call with , Schemion in the big blind over called with .
The flop came , giving Schemion top pair and Fares the flush draw. All three of them checked.
The hit the turn and El Asmar bet 115,000 with his gutshot. Schemion, now with two pair, raised it up to 390,000. Fares, with the gutshot and second nut flush draw, made the call. El Asmar got out of the way after some tanking.
With 1,255,000 in the middle, the hit the river, giving Fares the nuts. Schemion had 2.3 million left at this point, and bet 420,000. Fares raied it up to 1,400,000 and Schemion called after some tanking. The pot went to Fares and Schemion continued as one of the shortest stacks in the tournament.
Hand #84: Johnny Lodden got a walk in the big blind and showed .
Hand #85: Jose Carlos Garcia open-raised from under the gun and El Asmar three-bet from the cutoff to 215,000 with . Garcia let it go.
Hand #86: Mateos opened from the small blind to 800,000, which was enough to make the short-stacked Garcia fold in the big blind.
Hand #87: Lodden raised to 100,000 in the cutoff with and got a call from Fares with in the big blind. Fares check-called Lodden's continuation bet of 115,000 on a flop of Both players then saw the on the turn, which they both checked. The river card of the gave Fares a straight, and he bet out to 125,000. Lodden, holding only two-pair made the call and it was a case of yet more chips for Fares, as he moved over 7,000,000 chips.
Hand #85: Schemion bet 100,000 under the gun with {qcjc} and Lodden three-bet to 220,000 with from the hijack. Schemion let it go and the German is down to 700,000.
Hand #86: Ole Schemion announced all in with over a raise in front of him. Everyone folded, some much needed chips to Schemion.
Hand #87: El Asmar made it 110,000 holding on the button. Johnny Lodden in the big blind found and he defended. The flop came and Lodden check-folded to El Asmar's small bet.
Hand #88: Fares made it 110,000 holding in the hijack. Schemion found on the button, but folded. Mateos in the big blind called with and the two saw a flop of , missing both and both checked.
The hit the turn and both players paired up. Mateos bet 160,000 and Fares made the call. The completed the board and Mateos bet 350,000. Fares called with the better hand, and Mateos shook his head while mucking.
Hand #89: Ole Schemion limped in from the cutoff holding . Mateos in the small blind found and announced all in. Both Garcia in the big blind and Schemion folded.
Hand #90: Action folded to Garcia and he moved all in from the small blind for 430,000 holding . Fares folded from the big blind.
Hand #91: Lodden in the hijack found and he made it 105,000 from the hijack. Mateos called from the cutoff with the . El Asmar in the big blind called with . The flop came and all three of them checked. The turn paired the board with the . El Asmar bet out 120,000 and Lodden called, Mateos folded. on the river and El Asmar checked. Lodden bet 285,000 into 610,000. El Asmar folded.
Hand #92: El Asmar opened to 115,000 with from the button, and Schemion three-bet with to 225,000. El Asmar called and both players saw a flop of . Schemion bet 80,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #93: Schemion moved all-in for his remaining 910,000 chips from the button and Adrian Mateos called from the big blind.
Schemion:
Mateos:
The flop was and ace-king was still way int he lead. The on the turn was no help to Schemion who was left with three outs. The on the river wasn't one of them and Ole Schemion, the EPT 10 Player of the Year exited in 6th place (€233,500)
The remaining five players are all guaranteed €297,250.
Hand #94: Lodden with on the button limped in after inquiring the size of Garcia's stack in the big blind. Mateos made the call with in the small blind, Garcia checked with the in the big blind.
on the flop and all of them checked. The hit the turn and again three checks. The completed the board and Lodden bet 125,000 after two checks. Both Mateos and Garcia folded the better hand, small pot to Lodden.
Hand #95: El Asmar with the opened to 125,000 under the gun. for Johnny Lodden and the Norwegian super star three-bet to 285,000. Fares had in the big blind and folded. El Asmar called.
The flop came and both players checked. The hit the turn and El Asmar lead out for 165,000 into the 710,000 pot. Lodden called. The completed the board and El Asmar bluffed again, this time for 380,000. Lodden tanked for a bit and eventually folded the best hand.
"Hopefully a good hand" Lodden said. "I beat you for sure" El Asmar lied.
Hand #96: Mateos made it 120,000 from the cutoff holding and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #97: Garcia shoved all in for 460,000 from the cutoff with the . El Asmar in the small blind asked for a count with the , and called. The big blind folded.
1,030,000 in the pot and 47% chance of a split pot. The meant things were looking to be chopped. on the turn and just a four could keep Garcia from staying alive. The completed the board and Garcia survived.
Hand #98: Garcia moved in again from under the gun with and everyone folded.
Hand #99: Johnny Lodden raised from the button and that took down the pot.
Hand #100: Five-handed Garcia just called from the small blind with and Fares checked from the big blind with . The flop was . Garcia bet 65,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #101: For the second time in three hand Lodden opened under the gun with and got three-bet to 280,000 by chip-leader Muhyedine Fares with in the small blind. Lodden folded.
from the hijack. El Asmar defended the big blind with 
and flopped best on 
. El Asmar checked and Lodden bet 140,000, El Asmar called. The 
fell on the turn and El Asmar checked. Lodden fired another bet, 340,000 this time. El Asmar folded his bottom pair.
in the hijack and made it 105,000. Lodden folded ace-six in the small blind, Mateos made the call with 
from the big blind. Mateos checked on 
, and folded to Fares' 135,000 bet.
and took down the blinds and antes.
. Fares checked a flop of 
and Garcia bet out 115,000. Fares called and the turn card was the 
giving both players two-pair, Fares with a higher two-pair. Fares bet 350,000 and Garcia thought for a while, counting out the chips before calling. With this hand Fares moved up to around 4,700,000 in chips, increasing his lead whilst Garcia is now officially the short stack with 760,000.
and Fares three-bet from the button with 
to 220,000. Action folded back to Lodden who mucked.
. The board was 
from the small blind, and Mateos three-bet to 350,000 with 
from the big blind. Lodden asked how much Mateos was playing, and eventually folded.
and made it 100,000 from the button. Garcia in the big blind made the call with 
. The flop came 
, putting Lodden well in front. Garcia check-folded to Lodden's 105,000 continuation bet.
. Fares in the big blind folded 
in the big blind. Fares check-called Lodden's continuation bet of 115,000 on a flop of 
from the hijack. Schemion let it go and the German is down to 700,000.
on the button, but folded. Mateos in the big blind called with 
on the river and El Asmar checked. Lodden bet 285,000 into 610,000. El Asmar folded.
from the button, and Schemion three-bet with 
hit the turn and El Asmar lead out for 165,000 into the 710,000 pot. Lodden called. The