Pauls Has Over Half of All Chips in Play
- Ulrich Pauls raised to 275,000 from the small blind and Jan Sigel called. They both checked through the 
on the flop and the 
on the turn. The 
completed the board on the river and Pauls bet 320,000. Sigel checked his cards once more and then folded.
- Pauls bet 350,000 from the button and was called by Behzad Zarnegar in the big blind. Both of them checked through the whole board which was 
. Pauls showed 
but was beat by Zarnegar with the 
he held.
- Pauls now limped in from the cutoff and Zarnegar raised to 500,000 from the small blind. Pauls called. The flop came 
, Zarnegar announced a bet of 1,000,000 but he didn't put any chips over the line. Pauls snap-shoved all in for about 6,900,000. The dealer asked Zarnegar to put 1,000,000 over the line as he had announced the bet. Zarnegar complied and then looked at Pauls with a bit of shock he had gone all in. In the end, he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,500,000 | 1,600,000 |
|
1,800,000 | -1,400,000 |