Oliver Weis raised to 1,250 and Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet to 5,000 out of the small blind. Aleksejs Ponakovs in the big blind and Weis called, as they headed to the [Js19d7d] flop. The action checked to Weis and his bet worth 5,089 was called by both opponents.

On the turn, Higgins led for 16,458 and Weis called, Ponakovs check-folded.

The fell on the river and Higgins bet 34,574 with 33,728 behind. Weis jammed with the superior stack and was called to score the knockout with versus .