The final three players have come to a deal. Paul Michaelis has locked up €770,000. Alexandr Merzhvinskii will receive €631,500. Short stack Artem Kobylynskyi gets €571,910.
Meanwhile, €70,000 remains in the pool for the eventual winner, along with the $30,000 Platinum Pass.
Paul Michaelis completed the blind and Alexandr Merzhvinskii checked for a flop. Michaelis bet 300,000 and Merzhvinskii made it 950,000. Michaelis continued and the and both checked through.
Michaelis showed and took the pot with second pair on the flop.
Artem Kobylynskyi completed his small blind and Paul Michaelis raised to 700,000 in the big blind. They both checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Kobylynskyi bet 700,000 and Michaelis called. They once again both checked through the on the river for Kobylynskyi to win the hand with with the pair of eights.
Kobylynskyi raised to 500,000 from the button and Alexandr Merzhvinskii called in the big blind. They both checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Merzhvinskii bet 800,000 and Kobylynskyi folded.
Now Michaelis raised to 500,000 from the button and Kobylynskyi called in the big blind. The flop came , Kobylynskyi check-called the 400,000 bet of Michaelis. The turn brought them the , Kobylynskyi check-shoved when Michaelis bet 1,050,000. Michaelis folded.
The hand right after, Kobylynskyi raised to 800,000 from the small blind and action was on Michaelis who made the call. The flop came , Kobylynskyi continued with another bet of 800,000 and Michaelis looked at Kobylynskyi's stack. After contemplating for a while, Michaelis raised to 1,950,000. Kobylynskyi took a few seconds and then folded.
Alexandr Merzhvinskii dropped a few pots and is now the shortest stack remaining. The most significant saw him raise on the button to 500,000 and Paul Michaelis defend big blind. The flop came and Merzhvinskii bet 300,000. Michaelis check-raised to 1,050,000 and Merzhvinskii continued to the .
Michaelis dropped in 1.3 million but it sounded like he verbalized 1.25 million. In any case, he won the pot with the wager.
Paul Michaelis raised to 500,000 from the button and Artem Kobylynskyi called in the big blind.
The flop came , Kobylynskyi check-called the 500,000 continuation-bet of Michaelis.
The turn was the , Kobylynskyi now took over the initiative and bet 1,200,000 which Michaelis called.
The river completed the board with the , Kobylynskyi lead out again but this time it was for 1,400,000. Michaelis considered his options for a while and then flicked in a chip for the call. Kobylynskyi quickly turned over for the turned flush and that was enough to make Michaelis muck.
Paul Michaelis opened for 500,000 on the button in the last pot before break and both blinds called. The flop came and Michaelis continued for 500,000 when checked to. Only big blind Artem Kobylynskyi called. The turn was a . Kobylynskyi checked and faced 2.8 million. He thought a bit, patted the table, and conceded.