The first two levels of the final day ended with a three-bet shove of Micael Emanuelsson for 451,000 out of the big blind. Laurens de Smet had opened to 42,000 and mucked.
On the feature table, Vincentius van Oosterhout check-called a bet of 45,000 on the flop and checked again the turn. Alexander Beeckx fired a second bullet worth 85,000 with and van Oosterhout check-raised to show his .
Laurens de Smet has taken over the role of the most aggressive player and continued to rack in pot after pot, twice raising to 50,000 and claiming the blinds and antes. The Belgian is not the chip leader yet, but on his best way there if the current trend continues.
Vincentius van Oosterhout raised from under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes with .
One hand later, Alexander Beeckx raised and van Oosterhout defended with the . The flop came and both players checked. On the turn, van Oosterhout bet 25,000 and Beeckx called before becoming an idea with the river. Van Oosterhout bet 50,000, Beeckx raised to 160,000 with and then folded to the shove of the fellow Dutchman.
On the secondary table, Hans Sybrandi and Micael Emanuelsson stole the blinds and antes before the action reached Marco Herman moved all in from the button for 158,000. Sybrandi folded his big blind and Herman took the pot.
A raise from Vincentius van Oosterhout picked up two callers including Paul Vergeer in the big blind and the latter check-called a bet of 50,000 on the flop with his for a flush draw. Van Oosterhout had the and fired a second barrel on the turn for 100,000.
Again, Vergeer check-called and both then checked the river to see the pot go to van Oosterhout.
One hand later, Alexander Beeckx opened to 50,000 with and Koen Lauwereys jammed for 338,000 with . Beeckx released his cards.
Laurens de Smet raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Marco Herman moved all in from one seat over. Hans Sybrandi asked for a count and then folded in the small blind, so did Micael Emanuelsson in the big blind. De Smet quickly called and put a classic race underway.
Herman:
De Smet:
The flop improved de Smet while the on the turn gave Herman some further outs to avoid his elimination. On the river, it was all over for the Dutchman and he headed to the rail. A short break takes place to set up the official final table.
Micael Emanuelsson raised to 55,000 with the and Koen Lauwereys took some time before moving all in for 396,000 with . The Swede asked for a count but folded, as it would have cost him more than half of his stack.