After having won a little pot by three-betting Niklas Heinecker, Igor Kurganov just doubled up Erik Seidel again. Seidel raised from the button to 20,000 and Kurganov three-bet all in putting his opponent under pressure. Seidel called and the two players went to showdown yet again.
Fabian Quoss was all in from the cutoff seat for 70,000. Niklas Heinecker reraised all in from the button to 214,000. Igor Kurganov tanked for a couple minutes from the small blind, then folded. Philipp Gruissem asked Erik Seidel to help him sweat from the big blind, and Seidel did so.
The first card Gruissem looked at was a king, and then he said, "Ah man, I hope the second one's not a queen." The second one was a five, and Gruissem quickly folded.
Heinecker tabled the to be up agaisnt Quoss' . The board ran out , and Quoss was eliminated in fifth place. He earned AU$51,000 for his finish.
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Fabian Quoss moved all in from the small blind, and Niklas Heinecker called all in for 108,000 from the big blind. Heinecker held the to dominate Quoss' .
The flop, turn and river ran out , and Heinecker doubled up.
Fabian Quoss raised to 16,000 on the button, and Igor Kurganov called out of the big blind to see the flop. Kurganov checked, Quoss bet 25,000, and Kurganov called.
The turn was the to put three spades on board. Kurganov checked, Quoss bet 55,000, and Kurganov made the call.
The river was the , and Kurganov checked. Quoss checked behind. Quoss showed the , but Kurganov held the for the winner.
"I was jamming the river if you bet," said Kurganov after the hand.
Igor Kurganov raised on the button to 16,000, and Erik Seidel moved all in for 125,000 from the big blind. Kurganov went into the tank before asking, "You're good at all ins, right Erik?"
Both smiled, but Kurganov did so while throwing his hand into the muck, and Seidel won the pot.
Igor Kurganov raised to 16,000 on the button, and Erik Seidel called from the big blind to see the flop come down . After Seidel checked, Kurganov bet 21,000. Seidel check-raised to 51,000, but Kurganov came right back over the top with a reraise to 81,000. Seidel folded, and Kurganov won the pot.
On the very next hand after he three-bet Erik Seidel to win the pot preflop, Fabian Quoss opened with a raise from the cutoff seat to 16,000. Action folded over to Philipp Gruissem in the big blind, and he made it 44,000 to go. Quoss announced that he was all in, and Gruissem snapped it off.
Gruissem tabled the , which was dominating the that Quoss held. Still, the five community cards could easily give Quoss the win if the run out was in his favor.
The flop came down , and Quoss was still behind. After the landed on the turn, Quoss was looking for a jack on the river. The river was the , though, and Gruissem successfully held to earn the double.