In the hand after Steffen Sontheimer fell in fourth place, the last remaining German in the field, Stefan Schillhabel, followed him out the door in third.
It happened when a preflop raising war resulted in Schillhabel getting his stack of 1.6 million all in against Nick Schulman. It was a cooler.
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Schillhabel was in desperate need of a third queen, but the lady stood him up as the board ran out a dry . Schillhabel will take home $306,000 for his third-place finish.
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Nick Schulman raised to 125,000 with the and Matt Hyman popped it to 460,000 with the . Schulman responded by moving all in and Hyman wasted little time in calling off for 2.19 million.
The flop gave Schulman trips, and suddenly Hyman was looking for a six to stay alive. The turn was a blank, and Schulman was one card away from winning it all. Unfortunately for him, the river was the and Hyman hit his miracle card to double.
Nick Schulman won a couple pots to reclaim the chip lead, but he just lost a couple to give it back to Matt Hyman. In fact, the counts are right where they were when Hyman spiked the two outer to double.
In a recent hand, there was 560,000 in the pot and a board reading when Hyman, who held the , coyly checked his rivered straight and Schulman, who had the in the hole, bet 450,000. Hyman opted to just call and took down the pot.
Nick Schulman raised to 150,000 with the and Matt Hyman called with the . The latter then check-called a bet of flop and action repeated itself on the turn.
Both players then checked the river and Hyman won the pot.
Matt Hyman opened with a raise and then called when Nick Schulman moved all in for 1.48 million.
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The flop made things interesting as Schulman flopped top pair but Hyman had a pair and flush draw. Unfortunately for Hyman, he couldn't seal the deal as the bricked the turn followed by the on the river.