Mathias Kürschner raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Alex Goulder three-bet from a few seats over. All opponents folded and then Kürschner announced to "play all his chips". Goulder snap-called and it was yet another classic coin flip for the tournament life.
Kürschner:
Goulder:
There was no help for the German with the board running out and the field has been reduced to the last nine players. Once that becomes eight, play will be stopped for a short break and everyone will then get moved to the feature table for the live stream. Kürschner receives €7,500 for his efforts.
Jonathan Klüpfel raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and was called by Alex Goulder in the big blind. On the flop, Goulder bet 40,000 and Klüpfel raised to 82,000. The Brit clicked it back to 200,000 and Klüpfel moved all in. Goulder wasted not much time before calling off with the superior stack and the two players turned over their cards:
Klüpfel:
Goulder:
The on the turn immediately completed the flush for Goulder and Klüpfel was drawing dead. Adding to the misery was the on the river, even giving Goulder a straight flush! The German receives €10,300 for his 9th place finish and all remaining eight players now fill out the bio sheets before taking a short break and then moving to the feature table.
The final table provides an interesting combination of players. Chip leader Alex Goulder is good friends with Steve Watts, who won the WPT National in Marbella earlier this year. His biggest cashes comes from a win at the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham and a runner-up finish in the Estrellas Poker Tour in Barcelona this August.
Simeon Naydenov has won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and Sebastian Langrock scored a payday of €1 million in the German version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire". Chris Hunichen is known to most for his online scores as "Big Huni" and has recorded more than $6 million in cashes online.
Zo Karim is second in chips and boasts $957,332 in cashes according to his Hendon Mob profile, Alexander Lakhov has even more than that with $1,619,683. The Russian won the WPT Cyprus this year and came second to Marcin Wydrowski in 2012 here in Prague. Andy Seth's biggest score was for $521,200 when the American finished second to McLean Karr at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars in 2010.
Niclas Adolfsson is the wild card on today's final table with $237,329 in cashes. The Swede is the shortest stack but one double up would bump him into the top five of the overall counts.
Alex Goulder raised to 45,000 and Chris Hunichen moved all in for 348,000. Niclas Adolfsson also moved all in and Goulder called to create a million chip pot.
Hunichen:
Goulder:
Adolfsson:
The board ran out and the online grinder was sent to the rail in 8th place for €13,450
In hand #48 on the feature table, Alexander Lakhov raised to 40,000 and Andy Seth moved all in out of the small blind with the slightly superior stack. Lakhov decided to call off and they tabled their cards:
Lakhov:
Seth:_
The kicker problem of the Russian would be crucial with the board running out and he was eliminated in 7th place for €17,200.
Sebastian Langrock raised to 50,000 and Simeon Naydenov moved all in from the button. Andy Seth cold-called the all in from the small blind and Langrock eventually mucked his .
Naydenov:
Seth:
The flop would have given Langrock a set, but the turn and the river would have knocked out the German as well if he had stayed in the hand. Naydenov was sent to the rail in 6th place for €20,500 and
Alex Goulder raised to 80,000 with and Sebastian Langrock just called from the button before Andy Seth moved all in for roughly 1 million in chips from the small blind. Niclas Adolfsson folded an ace in the big blind and Goulder mucked as well. Langrock asked for a count and then took the risk.
Langrock:
Seth:
The American would lost the coin flip on a board of and takes home €34,500 for his fourth place finish.
Just after Niclas Adolfsson jumped into second place, he got involved into a huge confrontation with Sebastian Langrock and both short stacks got their chips into the middle preflop in hand #142.
Adolfsson:
Langrock:
The flop was still good for the German, but his opponent then picked up an additional flush draw on the turn. It was no spade on the river but the that saw Adolfsson win the pot and set up the stage for heads-up.
In hand #257, Niclas Adolfsson was all in with and Alex Goulder looked him up with . Neither player would hit anything on the board and Adolfsson was eliminated in 2nd place for a payday of €72,000. The heads-up match itself lasted 115 hands and it would be Alex Goulder who emerged victorious after dominating most of the day. A recap of today's action will be available within the hour.