Grzegorz Idziak raised to 2.1 million and was called by Aleksandar Tomovic in the cutoff and Sina Alamzad on the button. On the flop, it was Tomovic that bet 2.4 million and both opponents called. The turn and river were checked and Idziak showed , Tomovic mucked and Alamzad chopped with .
Soon after, Alamzad raised into the big blind of Idziak and the latter called. On the flop, Idziak checked and Alamzad bet 2.3 million. Idziak check-raised all in for 19.3 million and Alamzad asked "ace-king any good?" Idziak smirked and replied "depends what happens on the turn and river." Ultimately, the shove got through and Idziak claimed the pot.
Tomovic opened to 2.7 million and Idziak three-bet to 9.5 million out of the small blind to force a fold.
From under the gun, Gerald Karlic moved all in for 1.9 million and Albert Skobelev three-bet the cutoff to force everyone else out.
Gerald Karlic:
Albert Skobelev:
Karlic was drawing very thin, but picked up some outs on the flop. However, the turn and river blanked and Karlic was eliminated in 13th place for €8,000.
Gerald Karlic was all in for 100,000 out of the small blind, one tenth of a big blind. Sina Alamzad in the big blind called a raise to 2.4 million by Jonathan Wong and check-called a bet of 2.5 million on the flop. Both checked the turn and Alamzad led for 6 million on the river.
"I know you like trashy hands," Wong said and sighed. However, he called after some consideration and Alamzad showed . Wong had that beat with and Karlic won the hand with for a full house.
Karlic had to post the button ante of one million the next hand and had 300,000 left, which he committed. Alamzad filled up on the small blind and Wong was in the big blind. The flop and turn were checked. Alamzad bet the river for 2.5 million and Wong folded.
"That's not good," Karlic said but Alamzad only showed . Karlic had that beat with and tripled his 300,000 while getting the button ante to bump his stack from one tenth to almost two big blinds.
Aleksandar Tomovic defended his big blind to a raise by Gerald Karlic from under the gun and check-called a bet of 1.8 million on the flop. Both checked the turn and river and Tomovic tabled as winning hand.
Two hands later, Tomovic open-shoved for 15 million from the small blind and Karlic called with 100,000 more.
Aleksandar Tomovic:
Gerald Karlic:
The board came and Karlic was left with a chip and a chair.
Arsenii Karmatckii raised from under the gun and picked up a call by Sina Alamzad in the cutoff. The flop came and Karmatckii continued for 1.8 million and Alamzad raised to 4.6 million, which Karmatckii called.
The appeared on the turn and Karmatckii checked before Alamzad bet 8.5 million with 9.5 million behind. Karmatckii moved all in and was quickly called.
Sina Alamzad:
Arsenii Karmatckii:
The river was a blank and Alamzad doubled for 18 million.
Philipp Zukernik opened under the gun with and got a call from Dominik Desset in the big blind with .
The flop was and Desset check-called a bet of 2,000,000. The turn was the and Desset check-called a 4,200,000 bet. The river was the and a check from Desset saw Zukernik bet 6,100,000.
Desset moved all in and Zukernik quickly mucked his aces.