Steve O'Dwyer shoved all in from the cutoff for and Stefan Schillhabel asked for a count from the big blind. The dealer confirmed that O'Dwyer had 2,835,000 behind. Schillhabel looked at his own chips again and then called.
Steven O'Dwyer:
Stefan Schillhabel:
The board ran out - O'Dwyer hit the king on the turn for the double-up.
Stefan Schillhabel raised to 350,000 and 330,000 respectively before folding to a shove of Dominik Nitsche in two consecutive hands.
Then, Schillhabel raised it up again and Dietrich Fast called out of the big blind. Fast checked and called a bet of 275,000 by Schillhabel on the turn. Fast also checked and called a second barrel for 425,000 on the turn.
After the river, Fast checked the third street in a row and Schillhabel moved all in, Fast snap-called for his last 1.46 million. Schillhabel turned over the and Fast had that beat with in order to double.
- Renato Nowak raised to 350,000 from the button and was called by Patrik Antonius in the big blind. The flop came , Antonius check-called the 400,000 bet of Nowak. They both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Nowak tabled and that was enough for Antonius to muck his hand.
- Nowak raised to 350,000 again but now from the cutoff and was called by Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind. They both checked through the whole board. Nowak showed for two pair, tens and fours and now O'Dwyer mucked his hand.
Dietrich Fast and Stefan Schillhabel asked the floor again how long they would continue playing for today. The floor confirmed that they would play till at least 6 players were left. Then it would be up to the player to discuss what they wanted to do. Nowak asked what was said and they explained it to him. Nowak made it clear that he just wanted to continue playing until the winner was known.
Antonius asked what was said as the discussion was in German. The floor confirmed the situation again and Antonius seemed a bit miffed. Fast then clarified that they didn't have to play down to a winner tonight. Anything could be discussed at any time after the final 6 players have been reached. If anyone was tired and they were three-handed. they could still decide to continue to play tomorrow. Antonius seemed to be satisfied with that.
Renato Nowak raised to 325,000 and a three-bet to 930,000 by Joao Simao in the big blind forced a fold from Nowak.
Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for 1.965 million on the button and Dietrich Fast reluctantly called out of the big blind with the superior stack.
Steve O'Dwyer:
Dietrich Fast:
The minor kicker advantage would play a crucial role on a board of to see O'Dwyer double, while Nowak and Manig Loeser are also in the danger zone on the money bubble.
- Renato Nowak raised to 315,000 from the hijack to be met with a shove by Dominik Nitsche in the cutoff. The action folded back to Nowak who look a bit annoyed and then folded.
- Dietrich Fast raised to 320,000 from the under-the-gun position and Stefan Schillhabel was next to act who decided to three-bet to 955,000. Everyone else quickly folded and so did Fast in the end.
- Nowak now raised to 310,000 from early position and Steve O'Dwyer now decided to shove on him from the button. Nowak asked for a count and the dealer counted out 1,355,000 in total. Nowak folded.
- Patrik Antonius raised to 325,000 from late position and was called by Schillhabel in the big blind. The flop came , Schillhabel bet and Antonius called. They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Schillhabel check-folded to the 700,000 bet of Antonius.
- Antonius bet 300,000 from mid-position and action folded to Joao Simao in the cutoff. Simao three-bet to 1,000,000 and everyone else folded so the decision was on Antonius. He took a few seconds, touched his chips, cut out calling chips, but then decided to fold.
Stefan Schillhabel made it 320,000 to go in the cutoff and Renato Nowak called on the button, as did Patrik Antonius in the big blind. The flop was checked through by the trio before Antonius bet the turn for 500,000, only Schillhabel called.
The river was checked once more and Antonius tabled the , which Schillhabel had beat with for jacks and sevens.
Dietrich Fast raised to 320,000 from the under-the-gun position and action folded to Joao Simao in the big blind who called.
The flop came , Simao check-called the 210,000 bet of Fast.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river to complete the board. Simao now bet 815,000 and Fast tanked for a bit. He then removed 2 blue 100,000-value chips from a stack and put in the bet of 1,800,000. Simao asked how much it was and the dealer confirmed the amount. Simao took a minute before reluctantly folding his cards.