From the cutoff seat, Andrei Streltsou opened with a raise to 160,000. His only customer was Martin Finger from the big blind, and he made the call to see the flop come down . Finger checked, Streltsou bet 125,000, and Finger called.
The turn was was , and Finger checked. Streltsou bet 285,000 this time, and Finger made the call once more.
After the completed the board on the river, Finger checked, Streltsou bet 505,000, and Finger folded.
Fedor Holz and Fabian Quoss was all in blind versus blind. Holz was in the small blind with the , and Quoss was at risk from the big blind with the . The board gave Quoss a straight and doubled him up.
Martin Finger moved his last 755,000 to the middle and his neighbor Mustapha Kanit made the call. All other players quickly folded, and Kanit would get the bad news soon enough.
Mustapha Kanit:
Martin Finger:
"Come on bro" Kanit said with a smile.
Kanit asked for a spade on the turn but wouldn't even get it, just blanks on the table: . Double up for Finger.
From the hijack seat, Ivan Luca raised all in for 725,000. Fedor Holz made the call from the next seat in the cutoff, and then everyone else folded. Holz had the and was crushing Luca's .
The flop was a real sweat for Holz, as Luca picked up a flush draw despite still being behind. The on the turn was black, but not a club, and then the finished things off.
With that, Luca was eliminated in eighth place for €121,700.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 120,000 from early position, and his neighbor Mark Teltscher three-bet to 515,000 with 200,000 behind. Action folded back to Kanit who glanced at Teltscher's stack. Kanit moved all in, Teltscher insta called.
Mustapha Kanit:
Mark Teltscher:
The flop came ; not doing anything for anyone. The on the turn diminished the amount of outs Kanit had, and the on the river certainly wasn't one of 'em. Teltscher doubled.
On the first hand of the final table, Scott Seiver moved all in for 525,000 from the hijack seat. Martin Finger called all in from the button, and then Mustapha Kanit moved all in from the small blind. Mark Teltscher folded from the big blind, and the fireworks were in effect.
Both Kanit and Finger had pocket queens — the for Kanit, and the for Finger — and Seiver had the .
"You've got 'em drawing dead, Scott," joked someone at the table.
Mustapha Kanit opened under the gun to 120,000 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy on the button showed interest. He tanked for just a bit, before announcing all in for just over 400,000. Both blinds folded, Kanit made the call after checking how much it was.
Mustapha Kanit:
Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
The board didn't bring much of anything with . Troyanovskiy shook hands and hit the rail. The remaining nine players are all in the money now, guaranteed €92,860.
. Finger checked, Streltsou bet 125,000, and Finger called.
, and Finger checked. Streltsou bet 285,000 this time, and Finger made the call once more.
completed the board on the river, Finger checked, Streltsou bet 505,000, and Finger folded.
, and Quoss was at risk from the big blind with the 
. The 
board gave Quoss a straight and doubled him up.
. Double up for Finger.
and was crushing Luca's 
.
flop was a real sweat for Holz, as Luca picked up a flush draw despite still being behind. The 
on the turn was black, but not a club, and then the 
finished things off.
; not doing anything for anyone. The 
on the turn diminished the amount of outs Kanit had, and the 
. Troyanovskiy shook hands and hit the rail. The remaining nine players are all in the money now, guaranteed €92,860.
