Hand #1: Ivaylo Sivinov raised to 500,000 from the hijack with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #2: Matous Skorepa opened to 500,000 under the gun with and Sivinov shoved all in for 4,240,000 in middle position with . The action folded back around to Skorepa who also laid his hand down.
Hand #3: Sivinov opened again to 500,000 from early position with and won his third straight hand to open the final table.
Hand #4: Jonathan Khalifa raised to 500,000 in the hijack with but didn't pick up any action.
Hand #5: Pascal Pflock raised to 510,000 from early position with and Skorepa called on the button with . Gaetan Cauchy was in the big blind with and pushed all in for 2,665,000. Pflock laid his hand down and the action was back on Skorepa. After asking for a count, he made the call and the hands were tabled.
The flop came and Skorepa was still in the lead with his pair of nines. The landed on the turn and the hit the river. Skorepa improved to a full house and Cauchy was eliminated in ninth place.
Hand #6: Pascal Pflock raised to 500,000 from under the gun with the and Ivaylo Sivinov in the big blind with glanced over at his table neighbor, then asked for his remaining stack size. The Bulgarian moved all in and Pflock folded with the words "good timing."
Hand #7: Nebojsa Ankucic moved all in for his last 670,000 from under the gun and Pascal Pflock in the big blind called.
Nebojsa Ankucic:
Pascal Pflock:
The board came provided no help for either player and Ankucic dodged the flush draw to double.
Hand #8: Roman Motovsky raised to 500,000 with the from early position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: Pascal Pflock moved all in for his last 1,375,000 with the on the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #10: Sivinov made it 500,000 to go with from the hijack, forcing folds from all opponents.
Hand #11: Jonathan Khalifa raised to 700,000 on the button with and both of the blinds folded.
Hand #12: Matous Skorepa received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #13: The action was folded to Skorepa in the small blind with and he raised to 700,000. Makarios Avramidis folded in the big blind sending another pot to Skorepa.
Hand #14: Pascal Pflock moved all in for 1,815,000 from under the gun with . Nebojsa Ankucic also pushed all in with for 1,100,000 directly to his left. Jonathan Khalifa was in middle position with and he made the call. The rest of the table folded and the three hands were face up.
The flop came giving Ankucic the best hand with a pair of jacks and a flush draw. The hit the turn as Khalifa turned the nut straight. The river brought the and Khalifa held with the nuts eliminating Ankucic in 8th place and Pflock in 7th place.
Hand #15: Makarios Avramidis moved all in for 2,120,000 on the button and Jonathan Khalifa in the big blind asked for a count, then called.
Makarios Avramidis:
Jonathan Khalifa:
The board of gave Avramidis a pair of aces and he doubled to 4.7 million.
Hand #16: Avramidis opened to 675,000 with the in the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Matous Skorepa made it 650,000 with the from under the gun and Avramidis called from one seat over with the . Both players checked down the board of and the ace-queen high won the third pot in a row for Avramidis.
Hand #18: Skorepa received a walk.
Hand #19: Ivaylo Sivinov opened to 600,000 from under the gun with the and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #20: Matous Skorepa raised to 650,000 on the button with and Ivaylo Sivinov called from the big blind with . The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn. Sivinov led out for 725,000 with a straight and Skorepa called. The river landed the and Sivinov fired another 1,375,000. Skorepa made the call with just king-high and Sivinov won himself a big pot.
Hand #21: Florian Fuchs shipped all in for 3,505,000 with from under the gun and picked up the pot uncontested.
Hand #22: Skorepa opened to 650,000 from the hijack with and Jonathan Khalifa called from the small blind with . Fuchs also tagged along in the big blind with and the flop came . The action was checked around to the on the turn and Khalifa took a stab with a bet of 775,000. Fuchs shoved all in for 3,555,000 and Skorepa mucked his hand. Khalifa also let his hand go after taking his time with just ace-high.
Hand #23: Matous Skorepa raised to 650,000 from under the gun with and Jonathan Khalifa called on the button with . Roman Motovsky moved all in for 2,175,000 with in the big blind. Skorepa called while Khalifa folded.
The flop came giving Motovsky the lead with a pair of kings and a flush draw. The turn was the and Skorepa turned two pair. The river landed the and Motovsky was unable to hit any of his outs, being eliminated in 6th place.