Thomas Muehloecker Eliminated in 3rd Place (€471,400)

After a few hands without any showdown, Thomas Muehloecker had built his stack to around 1,200,000 while Julian Stuer kept either raising or open-shoving into both short stacks. Then, Stuer raised to 100,000 and Muehloecker three-bet shoved out of the small blind for 24 big blinds. John Juanda folded and Stuer called.

Julian Stuer:
Thomas Muchloecker:

The flop of failed to improve Muehloecker, and he was in need of an eight after the turn, as Stuer had improved to a straight. Instead, it was the blank and Muehloecker was eliminated in 3rd place for €471,400. Juanda has at least €683,900 guaranteed and has to overcome a more than 6-1 lead of Stuer to claim the title.