Hand #39: Igor Kurganov made it 90,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #40: Thomas Muehloecker made it 115,000 from the cutoff and Dzmitry Urbanovich called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and turn, and Urbanovich bet 155,000 on the river. Muehloecker called, but mucked upon seeing Urbanovich's .
Hand #41: Luuk Gieles made it 125,000 from the cutoff and Urbanovich called from the big blind. Again the flop () and turn () were checked. The completed the board and Urbanovich bet 225,000. Gieles folded and Urbanovich was rewarded the pot.
Hand #42: Daniel Dvoress opened under the gun for 110,000 and Thomas Muehloecker right behind him three bet to 235,000. Action folded to Sam Greenwood in the big blind and he tanked for a bit before asking how much Dvoress and Muehloecker both had. He then announced all in and Dvoress called all in for 530,000 total. Muehloecker folded.
Hand #35: Luuk Gieles raised to 100,000 from the hijack and he took down the pot.
Hand #36: Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 85,000 and he took down the pot.
Hand #37: Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 85,000 from the hijack and Thomas Muehloecker called from the big blind. The flop came down and Muehloecker check-called 55,000.
On the turn the hit and the Austrian pro check-called another 135,000. The river was the and Muehloecker checked a third time. Urbanovich threw forward a bet of 285,000 and Muehloecker called rather quickly.
Urbanovich tabled for a rivered straight, and Muehloecker smiled as he mucked his cards.
Hand #38: Thomas Muehloecker limped on Luuk Gieles' big blind, and the Dutchman picked up the pot with a raise to 140,000.
Hand #16: The action folded to John Juanda on the button, and the ninth ranked player on the all-time money list, moved all in for 470,000. Daniel Dvoress folded from the small blind and Thomas Muehloecker called right away after looking at his cards.
Juanda:
Muehloecker:
The board ran out and Juanda hit the rail in eighth place.
After two long days of high-level poker just eight players remain with a chance to win the €806,650 first-place prize! Dutch youngster Luuk Gieles leads the way with 2,556,000 chips, followed closely by Polish star Dzmitry Urbanovich, Steve O'Dwyer and Sam Greenwood.
It's anyone's game going into the final day, as the average stack is 52 big blinds, and even the short-stacked John Juanda can't be counted out. Juanda comes into the day with 643,000 chips, and he's the only player with less than a million to start with.
The day looks to be very exciting with lots of high-level poker action, and PokerNews will be there to follow it all. Coming into the final table, the eight finalists are guaranteed at least €107,550, and the full payout looks as follows.
Place
Payout
1
€806,650
2
€583,500
3
€376,400
4
€285,000
5
€220,500
6
€172,100
7
€137,140
8
€107,550
As it stands Gieles, our chip leader, is the least experienced player at the table, and here's a look at the finalists ranked by all-time live tournament earnings. It's clear that Juanda, who's a part of the Poker Hall of Fame, leads the way, as he's ranked ninth on the global all-time money list, but he comes into the day as the short stack. On the other hand, Luuk Gieles sits at the bottom of this list, but he's the tournament chip leader.
A win by Gieles today would only make him surpass Dvoress in live tournament earnings, to give an idea of how stacked this final table really is.