On a flop, Dimitrios Ballas check-called a bet of 1,900 from Yang Zhang and called another bet of 2,800 on the turn. The river was the and Ballas was put to the test for his remaining stack of 11,000.
Ballas took quite some time but couldn't get away from his and called. Zhang rolled over for the nut flush to send Ballas packing.
Peter Jaksland raised to 1,500 from early position and was called by Xixiang Luo in late position, Asi Moshe in the hijack, Aaron Duczak in the big blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Duczak checked and Jaksland bet 2,200. Luo folded but Moshe raised to 6,500 for Duzak to also fold. Jaksland asked how much Moshe had behind, Moshe replied he has 12,100 left. Jaksland looked at his own stack before making the call.
The river completed the board with the , Jaksland checked, Moshe shoved for the 12,100 he had behind and Jaksland called after a while. Moshe tabled for the flopped straight and Jaksland just nodded while moving his cards over the line. The dealer asked Jaksland to turn his cards over which were for two pair, aces and fives.
The flop read and both Chris Ferguson and Farokh Dayyani had checked in the blinds. Thomas Hofmann, who finished as the runner-up in the €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em - Little One for One Drop (Event #8) last year, bet 5,500. Ferguson responded with a shove for around 28,000 and Dayyano quickly folded. Hofmann counted out his stack, looked at Ferguson's chips, and then tanked.
After a while, the clock was called on Hofmann and the floor came over. Hofmann was given 30 seconds to make a decision and ended up folding.
A very short-stacked player was all in and no fewer than seven (!) other players hunted for the bounty. Allen Kessler was the one to bet 5,000 on the flop and Jan Mach was the only caller. Kessler quickly bet 15,000 on the turn and Mach called again.
Before the river was dealt, Kessler had the remainder of his stack in and Mach called. Kessler tabled , Mach and they chopped up the short stack who had .
They'd chop the bounty of €300 but there was one problem: the bounty is represented by a single physical chip. Always the one willing to help out, Kessler quickly offered to pay €150 from his pocket to Mach and received the flashy bounty chip.