Willem de Jong defended his big blind against the button raise by JOBBI and check-called a bet of 125,000 on the flop before the turn was checked. De Jong then bet the river for 250,000 with for a busted straight draw, which won the pot as JOBBI folded his for jack-high only.
All players are in their seats and the action kicks off momentarily. There are 19 minutes left in the current level before the level duration then increases to 60 minutes each.
Timur Caglan will be eyeing up a second PokerNews Cup win in two years as he enters the final day and the final table second in chips bethind Holger Bansner.
Caglan, who has over $150,000 in lifetime earnings, took down the PokerNews Cup in 2016 for €44,695 after seeing off a field of 1,104.
Here he is line for €36,385 if he were to go on and clinch the title. However, he will be hard-pushed by not only Day 2 chip leader Bansner, but Benjamin Benoit and Daniel Novak who both sit with around 50 big blinds.
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Holger Bansner
Germany
4,025,000
67
2
JOBBI
Germany
1,470,000
25
3
Jörg Kunz
Germany
1,570,000
26
4
Willem de Jong
Netherlands
1,055,000
18
5
Benjamin Benoit
France
2,855,000
48
6
Timur Caglan
Germany
3,405,000
57
7
Jens Steuber
Germany
1,060,000
18
8
Daniel Novak
Slovakia
2,930,000
49
Remaining payouts:
Place
Prize (EUR)
Prize (USD)
1
36,385
42,789
2
22,648
26,634
3
16,207
19,059
4
12,540
14,747
5
9,880
11,619
6
7,733
9,094
7
5,719
6,726
8
3,933
4,625
The final table gets underway at 3p.m. local time, and will be live streamed from King's Casino. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the updates live!