The bright red cap of Dan Smith will be seen no more. Talal Shakerchi raised to 16,000 in first position before Dan Smith moved all-in for 82,000 a few seats over. The action folded around to Martin Kabrhel in the small blind and after a momentary pause moved all-in as well. Shakerchi folded (what he later said was pocket nines) and we had a showdown with the man with the red hat at risk of elimination.
Kabrhel
Smith
Board:
It was all over by the turn and Smith leaves the party.
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 16,000, under the gun, and Bill Perkins moved all-in for 74,000 in the cutoff. ElkY made the call and we had a showdown on our hands with Perkins at risk of elimination.
ElkY
Perkins
Board:
The pocket sevens hold up and Perkins is out; ElkY moves up to 290,000.
David "Doc" Sands has been eliminated up on the feature table. he was very short when he moved all in with . He was up against Phil Ivey holding and couldn't improve.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst check-raised all in on the river against Dan Smith with the board reading . After Selbst checked, Smith bet 111,000 and then Selbst jammed for 235,000. A long, painful tank came from Smith before he finally made the call.
Selbst tabled the and beat Smith's to win the hand and double up.
From under the gun, Justin Bonomo raised to 18,000. Sam Chartier three-bet from the big blind to 58,000. Bonomo called and the flop came down . Chartier fired 83,000 and Bonomo made the call.
The turn was the and Chartier fired 172,000. Bonomo folded and Chartier won the pot.
Sam Chartier and Gus Hansen got all in on the flop. Hansen held the and Chartier the . The turn was the and Chartier took the lead. The river landed with the and Chartier won the pot to bust Hansen.
From the hijack seat, Dan Smith raised to 14,000. Anatoly Gurtovoy reraised from the cutoff seat to 25,000. IN the big blind, Philipp Gruissem made the call and then action fell back on Smith. He took a minute, then moved all in for 198,000. Gurtovoy folded, but Gruissem called.
Gruissem:
Smith:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Smith doubled to over 400,000 in chips.
The prizepool and payouts have been announced. The top six spots will cash and the top prize is worth €1,640,000. The total prizepool generated was €4,432,500. Here's how the payouts look.