Hand #34: Steffen Sontheimer raised to 10 million with the from the hijack and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #35: Mikita Badziakouski raised toi 11.15 million in the cutoff with few chips behind and the and Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind was having a decision with the . Sontheimer called the clock and Muehloecker folded, Badziakouski showed his ace-king.
Hand #36: Andreas Eiler on the button asked for the counts of both players in the blinds and shoved with the to force two quick folds.
Hand #37: Dominik Nitsche received a walk in the big blind with the .
Hand #38: Out of the small blind, Nitsche moved all in against two short stacks and Badziakouski reluctantly called from the big blind for his last 15.15 million.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Dominik Nitsche:
The board came and Badziakouski doubled to 16 big blinds.
Hand #30: Andreas Eiler raised to 3.6 million on the button with and Steffen Sontheimer called from the big blind with . The flop came and Sontheimer check-called a bet of 3.5 million from Eiler. The landed on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Two more checks and Eiler took down the pot with a pair of queens.
Hand #31: Eiler opened again from the cutoff to 3.6 million with and Dominik Nitsche defended his big blind with . The flop fell and Nitsche checked to Eiler who continued for 3.0 million, getting Nitsche to fold.
Hand #32: Sontheimer moved all in for 15.2 million on the button with but could not pick up any action.
Hand #33: The action folded to Mikita Badziakouski in the small blind who shipped all in for 9.75 million with . Christoph Vogelsang was in the big blind with and took an unnecessary amount of time to finally make the fold.
Hand #26: Dominik Nitsche moved all in from the small blind with the and Mikita Badziakouski folded the in the big blind after some consideration.
Hand #27: Steffen Sontheimer raised to 3.4 million from the cutoff with the and Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind with . The flop fell and both players checked. On the turn, Vogelsang checked and folded to a delayed continuation bet of 2.9 million.
Hand #28: Sontheimer made it 3.3 million with in the hijack and Vogelsang picked up the in the small blind. Vogelsang gave it some consideration and moved all in, Andreas Eiler folded in the big blind quickly and Sontheimer also let go.
Hand #29: Vogelsang raised from the button to 3.4 million with the and Eiler in the small blind called with the . Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind held and asked Vogelsang "how much are you playing?" before tossing in calling chips.
Three-way to the flop of , it was Eiler that bet 3.8 million and Muehloecker folded, Vogelsang called. The improved Eiler to a straight and he checked, Vogelsang checked back. After the river, Eiler bet 6 million and Vogelsang called to drop to the bottom of the counts.
Hand #25: Ahadpur Khangah limped in from the small blind with and Dominik Nitsche was in the big blind with another monster hand, holding . He raised to 3.2 million and Khangah quickly pushed all in for 18.825 million. Nitsche quickly called and the cards were tabled.
The flop came and Nitsche still held the best hand. The landed on the turn giving Khangah a flush draw. The hit the river and Khangah made a straight. Unfortunately for him, Nitsche improved to a full house and Khangah was eliminated in 7th place.
Hand #20: Andreas Eiler raised to 2.8 million from under the gun with the and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Dominik Nitsche raised to 2.5 million with and Eiler defended his big blind with . The flop came and Eiler checked, Nitsche bet 3 million and that won the pot uncontested.
Hand #22: Nitsche opened to 2.5 million with and Christoph Vogelsang folded on the button. Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind called with and the flop came , which prompted Muehloecker to check. Nitsche bet 2.5 million and Muehloecker reluctantly called to see the turn, giving him a flush draw on top of his gutshot.
Muehloecker checked again and Nitsche bet 6 million to see a reluctant call by Muehloecker. The fell on the river and Muehloecker quickly checked, Nitsche checked behind with the words "stupid ICM" before seeing the bad news.
Right after the end of the hand, the remaining seven players were sent on a 15-minute break.
Hand #15: Dominik Nitsche raised to 2.5 million from the hijack with and Andreas Eiler called from the small blind with . Thomas Muehloecker was in the big blind with and also made the call.
The flop fell and the action was checked around to the on the turn. Eiler and Muehloecker checked again and Nitsche fired 5.0 million with his flush draw. Eiler folded and Muehloecker followed him.
Hand #16: Ahadpur Khangah open-shipped all in for 12.025 million from under the gun with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Christoph Vogelsang raised to 2.6 million from the hijack with and everyone folded.
Hand #18: Nitsche received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #19: Muehloecker limped in from the hijack with and Khangah called on the button with . Nitsche completed the small blind with and Mikita Badziakouski checked his option with .
The flop came and the action was checked to Khangah who moved all in for 11.625 million. Nitsche and Badziakouski both folded and Muehloecker asked for a count. Khangah stood up from his chair with his hands on the bumper of the table while Muehloecker tanked for nearly three minutes. He eventually folded and Khangah sat back in his chair.
Hand #14: Dominik Nitsche raised to 2.5 million from the hijack and Martin Kabrhel took some time before raising to 12 million from the button, leaving himself with 200,000 behind. "I have this for the flop," Kabrhel said to Nitsche" and the German moved all in, Kabrhel called with the words "I gamble."
Martin Kabrhel:
Dominik Nitsche:
"Wow, I didn't expect that," Kabrhel added when he spotted the cards of his opponent. The flop fell and Nitsche picked up a flush draw. The was a blank, but the appeared on the river to improve Nitsche to a flush and eliminate Kabrhel in 8th place for €366,762.
Hand #10: Thomas Muehloecker raised to 2.8 million from the cutoff with and Steffen Sontheimer three-bet to 8.2 million on the button. Dominik Nitsche woke up in the big blind with and pushed all in for 41.35 million. Muehloecker and Sontheimer both quickly folded and Nitsche raked in the pot.
Hand #11: Ahadpur Khangah limped in on the button with and Nitsche raised to 4.2 million from the small blind with . Khangah called and the flop came . Nitsche continued for 2.5 million and Khangah folded.
Hand #12: Sontheimer limped in from the hijack with and Khangah followed suit in the cutoff with . Martin Kabrhel checked his option with and the flop came .
The action was checked around to the on the turn. Khangah was the first player to fire at the pot with a bet of 2.1 million. Kabrhel folded and Sontheimer called. The river was the and both players checked. Sontheimer took down the pot with two pair.
Hand #13: Muehloecker raised to 2.6 million from early position with and Nitsche three-bet to 7.8 million from the cutoff with . Muehloecker made the call and the flop came . Muehloecker checked and Nitsche fired 5.0 million with a flopped full house. Muehloecker called and the hit the turn. Muehloecker checked again and Nitsche bet 7.5 million, forcing a fold from Muehloecker.