Josef Snejberg raised from under the gun and picked up two callers in small blind SantaClaus and big blind Fabrice Halleux. On the flop, the action checked to Snejberg and he bet 1.1 million. SantaClaus check-raised to 2.5 million and Halleux quickly folded before Snejberg checked the stack of his opponent and called.
Both checked the on the turn and SantaClaus also checked the river. Snejberg moved all in for effective 6.5 million and SantaClaus said "flush beats me, the rest not." Some swear words in German followed and he eventually folded. Gerald Karlic joked "show a black card" over to Snejberg, who double-checked his cards and sent them into the muck.
Hand 2
Karlic opened to 1.1 million and SantaClaus moved all in for 6.525 million in the cutoff. Karlic asked for a brief count and called.
SantaClaus:
Gerald Karlic:
The flop didn't change anything just yet, but SantaClaus got there with the turn. A blank river kept the German in the lead and he doubled.
Matous Skorepa had just doubled through Arsenii Karmatckii and on the very next hand Karmatckii opened and Skorepa shoved again, this time from the small blind for close to 12,000,000.
Sonay Kehya was in the big blind and having got a count he called. Karmatckii wanted no further part of it and folded.
Skorepa:
Kehya:
The board ran out .
Quads for Kehya and a walk to the pay-out desk for Skorepa.
Marek Blasko had some 10 big blinds left and raised for half of his stack from the button. Dominik Desset in the big blind moved all in and Blasko called it off.
Marek Blasko:
Dominik Desset:
Despite picking up some additional outs with a double gutshot on the flop of , Blasko failed to get there on a blank turn and river to hit the rail in 19th place for €6,000.
Alamzad Sina raised to one million from the cutoff and picked up a call by Ngoc Minh Hoang from one seat over. Short stack Pavel Stolar moved all in for 5.2 million in the small blind and Sina called, Hoang folded.
Pavel Stolar:
Alamzad Sina:
Despite picking up extra outs to win the flip, Stolar failed to get there with the board running out to join the rail. He receives €6,000 for his efforts.
Marc Doring raised to 800,000 and SantaClaus moved all in for 3,475,000 from one seat over, which Doring called.
SantaClaus:
Marc Doring:
The board came and the German doubled.
Soon after at the same table, most of the stack of Grzegorz Idziak was already in the middle of the table until the turn and he moved all in for 2.4 million. Matous Skorepa called with for two pair and Idziak had , spiking the on the river to improve to better two pair.
Dominik Desset was one of the short stacks not long ago, but that has suddenly changed and he got value from Marek Blasko. Blasko checked the river and calleda bet of 3.5 million by Desset to muck when shown for top pair top kicker.
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.
flop, the action checked to Snejberg and he bet 1.1 million. SantaClaus check-raised to 2.5 million and Halleux quickly folded before Snejberg checked the stack of his opponent and called.
on the turn and SantaClaus also checked the 
river. Snejberg moved all in for effective 6.5 million and SantaClaus said "flush beats me, the rest not." Some swear words in German followed and he eventually folded. Gerald Karlic joked "show a black card" over to Snejberg, who double-checked his cards and sent them into the muck.
flop didn't change anything just yet, but SantaClaus got there with the 
river kept the German in the lead and he doubled.
, Blasko failed to get there on a blank 
turn and 
and Hegele with the pair 
.
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with Dominik Desset the player at risk.
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and Desset could then laugh and tell him not to say that.
and the German doubled.
for two pair and Idziak had 
, spiking the 
for top pair top kicker.
flop gave Loeser a backdoor flush draw, with the