Brinkmann gave it a shot with a preflop raise with on the button, which little did he know was crushing caller Freitez who held . The flop brought and Freitez simply led the flop and took the pot.
Next Brinkmann button, he tried again with (320,000), called by big blind Freitez holding . Both players checked the flop, but when Freitez checked the turn, Brinkmann bet 370,000. Freitez called.
The river was the . Check to Brinkmann one more time. He bet 680,000, and again, Freitez made the call! He was, of course, good, and was already a hero to his rail.
It folded to Ivan Freitez in the small blind and this time he had a serious hand - . He raised to 380,000 and Torsten Brinkmann folded his big blind.
Next hand, Freitez won another pot raising with from the button. As As David Williams said on the commentary, "It's bizarre how many aces this guy's had."
Next hand it looked as though Freitez might have a rest when Brinkmann raised to 350,000 from the button and Tamas Lendvai shoved for 2.2 million from the small blind holding . But Freitez looked down at his cards and found .
"Wow," said David Williams.
"Wow," said Freitez. He reshoved and Brinkmann quickly folded his .
On their backs, Lendvai was well ahead. But there is seemingly no stopping Freitez on this final table.
Board:
The ace smacked on the flop and Lendvai looked as though he might cry. Nevertheless, he was soon in the arms of his wife on the rail and feeling a bit better - he's won over half a million euros.
A slight dent to the monster stack of Freitez, who flat called a button raise from Brinkmann with in the big blind. The flop was , which Freitez check-called (325,000). Both players checked the turn and on the river Freitez gave a half hearted attempt to bet his opponent off - 325,000 went into the middle. It was called instantly and one of the very few pots of this final table not to be won by Freitez was shipped across the table.
Will there be no stopping Ivan Freitez? A fold to short stack Andrey Danilyuk saw him make a stand with - unsurprising considering his lack of cards, spots so far four-handed and, of course, chips. 2,000,000 was not enough to even dent Freitez, who called with .
Flop:
Turn:
River:
The ace on the river spelled a walk to the rail for our first televised finalist, while the steamrolling Freitez continues his ascent.
Ivan Freitez min-raised under the gun with and Torsten Brinkmann, undeterred by losing over 2 million in that last hand, flat-called with on the button. It was all over on the flop this time - Freitez flopped two pair () and bet out 350,000. Brinkmann snap-folded, and it was yet another pot for Freitez.
Next hand, Freitez got a walk. He's won every single hand so far.