Level 15
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
In the next hand after being crippled, Ole Schemion called all in from the small blind for his last 23,000 total and was at risk against Erik Seidel, who was in the big blind.
Schemion: 
Seidel: 
The 
flop gave Seidel the lead, and he held on to it after the 
blanked on the turn followed by the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,020,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
, and Schemion bet 180,000. Sammartino called, and the 
landed on the turn. Schemion bet 382,000, and again Sammartino called.
hit the river. After about half a minute of tanking, Schemion moved all in for 1,121,000. Instantly, Sammartino let out a big sigh, moving his hands to his face like he couldn't believe what just happened. It did happen, Schemion had jammed, and Sammartino clearly wasn't happy about it. 
, just about 100% sure he was going to win the biggest pot of the tournament and continue as a big chip leader. To everyone's surprise, though, the aces weren't good. Sammartino showed the 
, indeed having the third nuts, and now it was Schemion doing the sighing. The German's face was that of disbelief, partly because he was surprised by such a long tank by Sammartino and partly because after all the tanking he thought his hand was good.
flop didn't do much for him other than give him a running flush possibility, which was snatched away when the 
appeared on the turn. Buddiga needed either an ace or king on the river to extend his tournament life, but it was not meant to be as the 
blanked. 
on the turn. Another lady, the 
, peeled off on the river to give Kurganov queens full, and that put an end to Danzer's run.
flop and 
, and Schemion added even more chips to his stack to push to 2.22 million. Markin was eliminated.
