Aido and Greenwood to Battle for the Million Euro Top Prize
Down to the last three players, Sergio Aido and Patrik Antonius were in the lead with Sam Greenwood at half of their respective stack size. However, it wouldn't take long before things changed. A move of Antonius with eight-six for bottom pair against the ace-four of Greenwood on an ace-high river backfired and suddenly it was Antonius in need of help.
The Finn eventually had to settle for €400,000 though. After defending his big blind with 
to flop top pair on 
, his shove was called by Aido in a battle of the blinds. The Spaniard looked him up with 
for the open-ended straight draw and flush draw. After the 
turn Aido immediately got there, and he even improved to a flush with the 
river.
There were no deal discussions between Aido and Greenwood, the former holding a solid chip lead of around 36 million to 21 million. Aido has been running very hot especially on the Asian poker circuit, but also added a decent score in Prague at the end of 2017. He won't be able to top his career-best score though, but who wouldn't mind a cool €1,000,000 and stylish trophy for the efforts? Second place still comes with a tiny consolation prize of €600,000, which isn't too shabby either.
On the other side events the chips are splashing. The €1,100 Open Event is down to just 50 players and floor staff recently announced a new blind level in 500,000-1,000,000. Yes, that's ONE MILLION chips out of the big blind and button ante. The €2,700 Warm Up has seen the field reduced to some 150 hopefuls and a mega satellite with 50 tickets guaranteed has attracted a field of 300 entries thus far.