John Juanda raised to 125,000 on the button, then Philipp Gruissem reraised all in for 950,000 from the small blind. In the big blind, Tobias Reinkemeier tanked for a bit. Eventually, he called all in for less at 615,000. Juanda was back up, but he decided to lay his hand down after a minute of thought, leaving the two Germans to do battle.

Gruissem showed the and was crushing Reinkemeier's . On the flop, Gruissem struck gold when the fell to give him a Broadway straight. The turn was the and river the , eliminating Reinkemeier in fifth place for €200,000.