Martin Stausholm was in the small blind and moved all in for 7,800,000 and Anton Smirnov called in the big blind.
Martin Stausholm: J♦9♥
Anton Smirnov: A♣9♣
The board came out A♠Q♠7♠8♠ Stausholm joked, "Chopped pot?", but the river was the K♥ and Smirnov came out on top with pair of aces.
Andreas Kniep jammed all in from the cutoff for 18,600,000. Vitor De Souza Coutinho took some time to make the call from the big blind, and both players revealed their hands.
Andreas Kniep: K♦10♣
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: A♣Q♠
The board ran out Q♦K♠8♥4♥3♣ for Kniep to take the pot and the biggest stack.
| *Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chipcount | Big Blinds* | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 1 | Andras Matrai | Hungary | 10,500,000 | 11 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 2 | Michael Oar | United States | 16,400,000 | 16 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 3 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldavia | 35,500,000 | 36 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 4 | Anton Smirnov | Russia | 41,300,000 | 41 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 5 | Paul Gunness | United States | 35,500,000 | 35 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 6 | Charles Benoit | Canada | 19,000,000 | 19 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 7 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 19,600,000 | 20 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 8 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 24,000,000 | 24 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 9 | Andreas Kniep | Germany | 38,000,000 | 38 | |||||
| Horseshoe Feature | 10 | Vitor De Souza Coutinho | Brazil | 21,000,000 | 21 |
Michael Oar open-shoved for his last 16,700,000 and Andreas Kniep quickly called in the cutoff. the rest of the players folded and they tabled their cards:
Michael Oar: 9♥9♦
Andreas Kniep: A♦K♣
Oar had good hopes for the double up when the flop first fell 2♠3♠Q♠, but a K♦ showed up on the river to give a pair of kings to Kniep, who busted Oar in 10th place after the J♥ completed the board.
Myles Mullaly raised to 2,500,000 and got called by Anton Smirnov in the big blind.
All the chips went in the middle on the flop Q♠8♣6♣, Mullaly being the player at risk.
Myles Mullaly: A♠A♥
Anton Smirnov: Q♣9♣
Smirnov saw the bad news when Mullaly revealed his hand, as he conceded the double-up to his opponent after the rest of the board brought 3♦10♠.
Myles Mullaly raised to 2,000,000 in late position and Pavel Plesuv three-bet from the button to 5,500,000. Mullaly went into the think tank and called.
The flop was A♥4♣9♥. Mullaly checked and Plesuv bet 2,600,000. Mullaly called quickly.
Both players checked the turn when the Q♥ arrived.
The river 3♠ had Mullaly taking the lead and betting out 11,000,000 and Plesuv immediately called.
Mullaly tabled A♣Q♠ and Plesuv threw over A♠A♣ for his set of aces.
The oversized crowd went wild with excitement.
Andreas Kniep laughed, "Who filled the Hungarians with liquor?"
One of the rail jovially shouted back, "This is not liquor, just juice."
Andreas said, "Oh the Hungarian National drink... strawberry juice."
Florian Ribouchon raised to 2,500,000 in the cutoff and Andreas Kniep jammed from the button with the biggest stack. It folded back to Ribouchon who snap called for his remaining 13,000,000.
Florian Ribouchon: J♠J♦
Andreas Kniep: A♣3♣
Ribouchon had the best starting hand, and instantly improved it to a set of jacks on the flop J♣8♦3♦. The rest of the board didn't change anything with the 6♦ and the 4♥ and Ribouchon took down the double-up while the French rail exulted.
Charles Benoit raised to 2,500,000 and Vitor De Souza Coutinho shoved in the big blind for 12,600,000. Benoit quickly called and they tabled their cards.
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: A♣Q♦
Charles Benoit: A♦K♦
Coutinho had the dominated hand but found a board Q♥9♠J♠8♣9♥ to double up thanks to a flopped pair of queens.
Charles Benoit limped in early position leaving 400,000 in chips behind. Anton Smirnov slammed in the 400,000 and the dealer informed him that he required a proper raise to which he obliged and Benoit called with his last 400,000.
Charles Benoit: A♦7♦
Anton Smirnov: K♠7♦
The flop came 4♥5♥K♦J♦10♣ and Smirnov's pair of kings took the small pot and the knockout. The crowd roared and some singing also occurred.
Vitor De Souza Coutinho raised to 2,000,000 and Andras Matrai shoved for his last 8,900,000. It came back to Coutinho who tanked for some time before calling:
Andras Matrai: A♣5♣
Vitor De Souza Coutinho: K♦10♦
The 4♥A♦9♣A♠J♣ improved Matrai's hand into trips to earn the pot and the double up to the applause of his friends.
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