In a limped pot between the blinds, Max Neugebauer and Gerald Karlic checked to the turn on a board of K♠J♥9♦5♣. Karlic then bet 200,000 with 9♠7♥ and Neugebauer called holding 5♦3♦.
The river was the 8♣ and Karlic bet another 400,000. Neugebauer then raised to 1,800,000 with his pair of fives, and Karlic laid down his nines.
Matthias Gude raised to 400,000 in middle position and Daniel Pidun called on the button with A♦J♣. Murilo Garcia also came along in the small blind.
Action checked to Pidun on the 9♦6♣2♥ flop and he bet 475,000. Garcia and Gude both folded, and Pidun took the pot.
Teemu Jaatinen then raised to 400,000 in middle position and Pidun called in the cutoff, as did Max Neugebauer in the big blind.
Action checked to the river on a board of A♦7♠2♠9♦J♦ when Neugebauer led out for 400,000. Only Jaatinen called.
Neugebauer showed A♥8♥ for top pair, and Jaatinen mucked Q♣J♣.
Gerald Karlic raised to 400,000 from an early position and Claudio Di Giacomo counted his stack carefully with the 8♦8♣ in the cutoff, investing one time bank in the process. He then just flat-called and so did Daniel Pidun in the small blind with the 10♦9♦.
Murilo Garcia in the big blind had other plans and used two time bank extensions before pulling the trigger with a shove out of the big blind. Karlic called all-in for 4,250,000 and the other two folded.
Gerald Karlic: A♠A♦ 
Murilo Garcia: A♥9♣
There was no upset on the J♣7♥6♣6♠2♣ board and Karlic doubled to dent the chip leader.
On the first hand of the final table, Daniel Pidun raised to 450,000 in early position and Claudio Di Giacomo called in the big blind.
The flop came J♦7♥5♦ and Pidun bet 325,000. Di Giacomo called and they checked the 10♦ turn.
Di Giacomo led out for 650,000 on the J♣ river, and Pidun called. Di Giacomo showed 9♣6♣ for a missed straight draw, while Pidun had K♦10♠ for two pair to win the pot.
The nine remaining players have posed for their group photos and taken their seats at the final table, and cards are back in the air.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalin Pop | Romania | 7,475,000 | 37 |
| 2 | Max Neugebauer | Austria | 7,775,000 | 39 |
| 3 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 4,250,000 | 21 |
| 4 | Matthias Gude | Germany | 5,325,000 | 27 |
| 5 | Teemu Jaatinen | Finland | 8,775,000 | 44 |
| 6 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 6,575,000 | 33 |
| 7 | Robert Ashelm | Germany | 3,750,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Daniel Pidun | Germany | 6,025,000 | 30 |
| 9 | Murilo Garcia | Brazil | 15,975,000 | 80 |
Bastian Gallitzendoerfer raised to 400,000 under the gun and Murilo Garcia three-bet to 1,500,000 in the big blind with J♠J♣. Gallitzendoerfer called and the flop came K♥7♥6♦.
Garcia then bet 450,000, and Gallitzendoerfer folded Q♦J♥.
A few hands later, Claudio Di Giacomo raised to 400,000 under the gun and Garcia three-bet to 1,050,000 in the cutoff. Gallitzendoerfer moved all in for 4,175,000 on the button and Di Giacomo folded, but Garcia called to put him at risk.
Bastian Gallitzendoerfer: A♦Q♣
Murilo Garcia: K♠K♣
Gallitzendoerfer had run into Garcia's kings and needed to find an ace to survive, but he missed the 5♦4♠4♣7♥2♠ board and was eliminated in 10th place.
The remaining nine players are drawing for seats at the final table.
Daniel Pidun raised to 450,000 from under the gun and was called by Max Neugebauer in the big blind. They checked the 10♣5♠2♦ flop and 9♥ turn to the 5♣ river. Neugebauer now bet 1,000,000 and Pidun folded.
Claudio Di Giacomo raised to 400,000 under the gun with K♦10♦, but Murilo Garcia looked down at Q♠Q♣ in the cutoff and three-bet to 1,025,000. Di Giacomo called.
The flop came 9♠7♣4♦ and Garcia bet 525,000. Di Giacomo called to see the J♥ turn, where Garcia bet 650,000. Di Giacomo again called with a straight draw.
The 9♣ river was no help to Di Giacomo, and he quickly check-folded to a bet of 3,500,000.
Daniel Pidun raised to 450,000 under the gun and Max Neugebauer called in the big blind. Pidun continued for 375,000 on the K♥8♦4♣ flop, and Neugebauer quickly folded.
Gerald Karlic then raised to 400,000 in the cutoff and Pidun called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 8♦5♠2♥ flop. Pidun led out for 350,000 on the 7♠ turn, and Karlic called.
The 6♣ river was also checked, and Pidun showed A♣5♦ for a pair of fives to win the pot.
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