From under the gun, Fedor Holz raised to 140,000. Rainer Kempe made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down . Kempe checked, Holz bet 135,000, and Kempe made the call.
The turn was the to pair the board, and Kempe checked again. Holz checked behind, which paved the way for the to land on the river. After Kempe checked, Holz took his time to mull over his decision. Holz even used one of his time extension plaques to give himself some extra thought. Eventually, he bet 465,000.
It was then Kempe's turn to go into the tank, and he used up two time extension plaques while thinking. In the end, Kempe decided to call, but could only muck his hand when he saw Holz had rivered Broadway with .
Phil Hellmuth raised to 170,000 from the under-the-gun position, and Fedor Holz reraised from the small blind. Hellmuth gave it up, showing that he was folding the , and Holz showed just the .
On the next hand, Holz opened to 150,000 on the button, and everyone folded.
Phil Hellmuth just dropped a pot to Rainer Kempe in which Kempe bet 90,000 from the small blind on an flop, and Hellmuth called on the button. Kempe check-called 80,000 on the turn, and both players checked the river. Kempe won the showdown with a hand that used the on the board, but his cards didn't appear on screen.
From the small blind, Fedor Holz raised all in against Erik Seidel's big blind. Seidel made the call to put himself at risk for 495,000 with the . Holz had two under cards with the , but was live.
The flop improved Seidel to top pair, but he wasn't out of the Woods just yet. Holz still had an inside straight draw.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Both missed Holz and gave Seidel the double to back over 1 million.
Rainer Kempe made it 275,000 and Fedor Holz defended his big blind. They both checked a flop and Kempe tapped the table again on the turn.
Holz bet 650,000 and Kempe folded. A hand later, Holz was at it again, shoving all in from the small blind and forcing the shortest stack at the table, Erik Seidel, to give up his big blind.
Rainer Kempe and Fedor Holz have been trading blows, although there have been very few showdowns.
Erik Seidel has to be enjoying the battle, with thoughts of squeaking into second if these two clash in a big pot, but he's starting to get close to the ten-big-blind danger zone again.
He defended his big blind against a Kempe 160,000-chip open, then check-folded on a flop moments ago, leaving him exactly 1,000,000 in chips now.
Rainer Kempe completed the blind, and Fedor Holz checked. They saw an flop, and Kempe bet 115,000. Holz called. The turn was a and Kempe barreled again for 245,000. Holz thought awhile, using a time extension, and then slid out a tower of chips worth 790,000. Kempe folded fairly quickly.
Fedor Holz opened to 180,000 on the button, and Rainer Kempe popped it to 680,000 in the big blind. Holz decided to see the flop, which came . Kempe checked and folded to a small bet of 240,000.
. Kempe checked, Holz bet 135,000, and Kempe made the call.
to pair the board, and Kempe checked again. Holz checked behind, which paved the way for the 
to land on the river. After Kempe checked, Holz took his time to mull over his decision. Holz even used one of his time extension plaques to give himself some extra thought. Eventually, he bet 465,000.
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, and Holz showed just the 
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flop, and Hellmuth called on the button. Kempe check-called 80,000 on the 
turn, and both players checked the 
river. Kempe won the showdown with a hand that used the 
. Holz had two under cards with the 
, but was live.
flop improved Seidel to top pair, but he wasn't out of the Woods just yet. Holz still had an inside straight draw.
, and the river was the 
turn.
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flop, and Kempe bet 115,000. Holz called. The turn was a 
and Kempe barreled again for 245,000. Holz thought awhile, using a time extension, and then slid out a tower of chips worth 790,000. Kempe folded fairly quickly.