Action folded all the way to Gabor Deak in the small blind, who raised it up to 700,000 before Christian Georgescu put in the 3-bet, making it enough to set Deak all-in.
Deak gleefully called, tabling , and was in great shape to double up through Georgescu's .
The flop gave Deak a straight flush draw to go with his aces, but he didn't want to see an offsuit 5! The board paired on the turn, and double-paired on the river, with the spoils heading Deak's way.
The very next hand he picked up a big chunk of change when he got a 3-bet squeeze through on the button, and he can now place his Golden Chip atop an eight-figure stack.
Stefan Raschbauer shoved all in from the small blind and was called by Martin Lechner in the big blind. Lechner had about 7,300,000 and was covered by Raschbauer.
Martin Lechner:
Stefan Raschbauer:
The board ran out - Lechner's aces hold and he doubled up.
The minimum cash today was €1,350 in total, but they will all be trying their best to win that Grand Prix Main Event Trophy and €75,000 for first place.
This is what the players have been playing for today:
The flop read and the pot already had around 1,500,000 in there. Nico Montani was sitting in the small blind and had checked. Aristeidis Moschonas, on the button, shoved all in. Their stacks were pretty even and Montani called.
Aristeidis Moschonas:
Nico Montani:
Moschonas had flopped two pair, queens and sixes. The turn brought them the and the river the , no help for Montani. The dealer counted out Moschonas' stack out first and then Montani. In the end, Moschonas had him covered by about 100,000 and Montani was done for today.
Jakub Fujerik raised to 600,000 from late position and Stefan Vukojevic shoved his remaining 650,000 in from the button after having lost a big pot on his first table. Fujerik confirmed the amount and called.
Jakub Fujerik:
Stefan Vukojevic:
The board ran out - no help for Vukojevic and he made his way to the payout desk.
The first 100 players who qualified for Grand Prix Austria via an online Day 1 on partypoker bagged themselves a Golden Chip. If any of those Golden Chips reach the final table, the proprietor will bag themselves a $10,000 package to the Caribbean Poker Party in sunny Punta Cana!
This package includes flights, accommodation, transfers, and entry to the $5,300 CPP Main Event!
Out of those 100 Golden Chips in play, just eight are left in as we start the final day. One of those belongs to Gabor Deak, who started the day fifth in chips and seems the most likely to guarantee himself a trip to the Caribbean! We'll be following our Golden Chip holders closely as play continues.
Razor raised to 575,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Martin Lechner in the big blind, who called.
The flop came , Lechner checked, Razor bet 675,000. Lechner looked at his cards again, thought about it for a while and decided to shove. Razor snap-called.
Martin Lechner:
Razor:
Lechner had flopped top pair but Razor had a flush-draw. The on the turn gave Lechner trips so Razor needed another club to survive as Lechner had him slightly covered. The on the river was a black card indeed but not a club that Razor wanted and he was eliminated.