Manig Loeser and Steffen Sontheimer got it all in pre-flop for 112,000 each, with and respectively.
The flop gave Loeser a backdoor flush draw, with the turn offering some wheel outs to chop, but the on the river sealed it for Sontheimer who dragged the pot as Loeser exited the tournament area in 7th place.
Martin Kabrhel opened with a min-raise to 12,000 from middle position, with Bertrand Grospellier, also known as "ElkY," defending from the big blind. They went heads up to a flop, with ElkY checking the action over to Kabrhel who put in an 11,000 continuation bet. ElkY flicked in the call, as the dealer burned and turned the . ElkY check-called again, this time to the tune of 30,000.
The landed on the river, with ElkY checking a third time. Kabrhel thought for a moment before locking eyes with the dealing and announcing "all-in" as he emptied the clip for 98,000. ElkY was clearly not convinced, as he went dee into the tank, using two of his 60-second timebank cards.
Exactly two minutes and 20 seconds later, ElkY reigned himself to a call and turned over for king high. Kabrhel tapped the table to indicate a good call, tabling . The King's Poker Room Twitch chat went wild! "There is no way, such a good call," said one viewer, whilst all most spectators could interject was, "wow!"
That means we are down to our final eight, on our official final table.
A raising war saw Matous Skorepa on the button and Marc Döring in the small blind get into a raising war. Skorepa had clicked it up to 7.8 million already when Döring moved all in and the stack was counted. Döring had pushed for 25,575,000 and Skorepa said "I have ace king suited. I think you have ace-king."
Two minutes passed and Skorepa called with the bigger stack, his read was spot on.
Marc Döring:
Matous Skorepa:
The flop of was not just a freeroll for Döring, but a massive sweat. A blank turn changed nothing, but the cruel on the river completed Döring's flush and he scored a massive double.
There was an open from the player on the button before partypoker sponsored pro Anatoly Filatov moved all in from the small blind. Matous Skorepa was in the big blind and he re-shoved with the original raiser folding.
Filatov:
Skorepa:
The board ran out .
A sweat on the turn and a call for the queen but no straight appeared and the last partypoker pro hit the rail.
Tonio Roder moved all in for 3.5 million and Alamzad Sina called. Sandro Pitzanti pushed from the small blind for what appeared to be 4.9 million. Albert Skobelev tanked in the small blind for more than two minutes before folding, and Sina asked for a count on Pitzanti's shove before calling.
Tonio Roder:
Sandro Pitzanti:
Alamzad Sina:
The board came and the jacks held up to eliminate two players.
Hand 2
At almost the same time, Petr Vlcek pushed his short stack and Anatoly Filatov called in the cutoff. Artur Jarek on the button got his last few chips in as well before SantaClaus in the big blind reshoved to pick up a call by Filatov.
Petr Vlcek:
Artur Jarek:
SantaClaus:
Anatoly Filatov:
The board came and the better hand prevailed to knock out another two players. Right after, Selim Cerci was also done to make it five casualties in two minutes.
"It is fine if you fold or call, I don't care," Mohamed Harrouchy said while being massed. Nick Broekhuizen had raised from the button and Harrouchy shoved for hislast 3.6 million. Broekhuizen eventually called and the cards were tabled.
Mohamed Harrouchy:
Nick Broekhuizen:
The board of left Harrouchy empty-handed and he headed to the rail.
He was followed by the last partypoker Click & Collect qualifier Andreas Aulike, who called all in for his last few chips in the big blind. Ngoc Minh Hoang and Alamzad Sina checked down the board until an ace on the river appeared. Sina bet and Hoang called with ace-jack for top pair, while Sina only had pocket fours. Aulike turned over and joined the rail.
In the meanwhile, Victor Tyurin regained the lead and sits atop a monster stack of more than 30 million.