Max Neugebauer raised to 120,000 under the gun before Marco Di Persio three-bet to 320,000 in the hijack. Neugebauer then moved all in, and Di Persio called out to his friends on the rail before calling for 1,200,000.
Marco Di Persio: K♥K♣
Max Neugebauer: A♥K♠
Di Persio was ahead with his kings, but Neugebauer found an ace on the A♣6♣8♥ flop to move in front. "Impossibile," Di Persio said in Italian.
He had just one out but couldn't find any miracles on the 2♥ turn or 2♠ river and was eliminated in 21st place.
Action folded to Murilo Garcia who raised to 205,000 in the small blind. "I like how you play. Final table? You and me heads-up?" Martin Kabrhel said to Garcia, who flashed a thumbs up and Kabrhel ran across the table to give him a fist bump.
Alberto Speranzoni called in the big blind and they saw a flop of 9♦2♣2♦. Garcia then bet 155,000 and Speranzoni called.
Garcia bet another 290,000 on the 3♥ turn and Speranzoni again called. The river was the 7♦ and Garcia moved all in. Speranzoni snap-called for 1,000,000 and turned over Q♦6♦ for a rivered flush. Garcia threw away K♠K♣ and Speranzoni doubled up.
Lulei Hu made it 120,000 from the cutoff and Claudio Di Giacomo shoved from the big blind, covering Hu. Hu made the call for his stack of 1,180,000 and the players went to a showdown.
Lulei Hu: A♣K♠
Claudio Di Giacomo: 5♠5♥
It was a flip with Hu having big slick against the pocket fives of Di Giacomo. The dealer delivered a flop of Q♣5♣2♣ to give Di Giacomo a set of fives, while Hu still held outs to a flush.
Hu took the lead when the 4♣ rolled off on the turn, and he just needed to fade a board-pairing river to double. A 4♦ rolled off on the river and gave Di Giacomo a full house, eliminating Hu.
Hu headed to the rail in 22nd place and Di Giacomo was up to over six million.
Martin Kabrhel made it 160,000 from the button and Ran Ilani jammed for 440,000 out of the big blind. Kabrhel got an exact count from the dealer, then put in the call.
Ran Ilani: A♣4♦
Martin Kabrhel: 8♦7♣
Ilani was slightly ahead with ace-high against the two live cards of Ilani. Neither player improved on the 6♠J♦Q♣3♥3♣ runout and Ilani doubled up just under a million.
Ivan Tikhov made the pay jump with the bustout of Jan-Willem Nijmeijer and immediately put in his last 20,000 from middle position. Catalin Pop called in the hijack, while Marco Di Persio checked the big blind.
Pop bet 100,000 on the K♠7♠7♥ flop, and Di Persio folded.
Ivan Tikhov: A♦10♦
Catalin Pop: A♣A♥
Pop had woken up with aces and had Tikhov drawing thin going to the turn, which was the K♣. The 7♦ fell on the river and Tikhov was eliminated in 23rd place.
After losing all but the last 20,000 in chips right before that, Ivan Tikhov used all of his remaining time banks and then folded. Catalin Pop limped the small blind, and Max Neugebauer checked in the big blind. On the 9♣8♣4♦ flop, both checked and Neugebauer bet the 3♠ turn for 120,000 for Pop to check-fold.
Bastian Gallitzendoerfer won the next blinds with a raise to 150,000.
In the very next hand, Marco Di Persio raised to 120,000 first to act and Gallitzendoerfer three-bet to 500,000 in the next seat. It folded all the way to Jan-Willem Nijmeijer in the small blind, and he glanced at his cards, then grabbed all of his time bank extensions that he had left to spread them out.
Nijmeijer had nine of them and chatted with Neugebauer, who jokingly said to leave at least one behind. Nijmeijer ended up using six before he pushed all in for just shy of a million. During the hand, Daniel Pidun in the big blind wanted to leave the seat because his ordered food had arrived, but had to wait for it as the very long hand was still dragging out.
Pidun then folded, as did Di Persio, while Gallitzendoerfer called the shove.
The A♣J♠10♥ flop vaulted Gallitzendoerfer into the lead, and he then further improved to trips with the A♦ turn to leave his opponent drawing to a chop only with any of the four kings in the deck. Nothing changed with the 4♣ river, and Nijmeijer bowed out in 24th place for €35,600 while Tikhov on the same table secured the pay jump to €43,000 with a third of a big blind.
Artem Kobylynskyi made it 120,000 to go with the A♠A♦ from under the gun for Claudio Di Giacomo to flat-call on the button with A♥10♠. The A♣K♣4♠ flop saw Kobylynskyi continue for 95,000 and Di Giacomo stuck around.
Both checked the Q♣ turn to see the Q♠ river pair the board. Kobylynskyi now bet 280,000 and was paid off to show his full house.
Ivan Tikhov moved all in for 855,000 on the button and Robert Ashelm called in the small blind.
Robert Ashelm: A♦K♠
Ivan Tikhov: 10♠8♠
Ashelm hit top pair on the A♠9♣2♣ flop, while Tikhov picked up a flush draw on the 9♠ turn. The Q♣ came on the river and Ashelm held on to earn the pot.
The stacks had to be counted down and Tikhov had Ashelm covered by just 20,000. Marco Di Persio then asked that the dealer count again, and the pot was reconstructed as the dealer confirmed the amount before handing the chips over to Ashelm.
Teemu Jaatinen raised to 120,000 in the hijack before Martin Kabrhel three-bet to 265,000 on the button. Jaatinen called.
"One of the worst calls in poker history. Good luck. Don't do anything stupid. I don't want to bust you," Kabrhel told him as they went to a flop of 9♥8♥4♥. Kabrhel then bet 195,000 and Jaatinen called.
The turn was the 3♥. "Spicy," Kabrhel said, announcing a bet of 190,000. Jaatinen called, and both players checked down the 10♠ river. Jaatinen turned over Q♠J♥ for a flush, and Kabrhel mucked.
"One of the greatest calls in poker history. Horrible play, huh," Kabrhel added after the hand.
