With Justin Bonomo eliminated in 5th place, Seth Davies is out of contention to win the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.
Christian Christner will need to win Event #5 and see Sontheimer finish no better then in 4th place.
Fedor Holz has a little more breathing room that allows Sontheimer to finish in 3rd place if he manages to claim victory.
For Steffen Sontheimer, finishing in 1st or 2nd secures him the Poker Masters Purple Jacket with a side note being that if Holz wins, and Sontheimer finishes 2nd, Sontheimer will have just $2,300 more in total winnings. If Sontheimer finishes in 3rd place, he needs Holz to finish no better then 2nd place, while if he finishes in 4th place, he needs Holz and Christner to finish no better then 2nd place.
Hand #123: Christian Christner limped in with and Steffen Sontheimer checked with from the big blind.
The flop landed and a bet of 55,000 from Christner was enough for him to win the pot.
Hand #124: Christian Christner raised his button to 85,000 and Seth Davies moved all in from the big blind for 535,000. After a few moments of thinking, Christner called to put Davies at-risk.
Davies:
Christner:
The dealer spread a flop to thrust Christner into the lead, and with Davies needing to one of the last aces in the deck, the on the turn would leave him drawing thin.
The river landed the , and Davies was eliminated in 4th place for a $324,000 payday.
With Seth Davies now eliminated in 4th place, Christian Christner is now out of contention for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket.
Fedor Holz has a little more breathing room that allows Sontheimer to finish in 3rd place if he manages to claim victory.
For Steffen Sontheimer, finishing in 1st or 2nd secures him the Poker Masters Purple Jacket with a side note being that if Holz wins, and Sontheimer finishes 2nd, Sontheimer will have just $2,300 more in total winnings. If Sontheimer finishes in 3rd place, he needs Holz to finish in 2nd place and Christner to win.
Hand #126: Steffen Sontheimer raised to 90,000 on the button with and Fedor Holz pushed all-in for 645,000 in the small blind with . Christian Christner shipped all-in over the top with in the big blind. Sontheimer folded and the remaining two hands were tabled.
The flop came and Holz picked up a straight draw. The turn was the and Holz picked up even more outs. The river was the and Holz was eliminated.
Christner will head into heads-up play with a massive chip lead but Steffen Sontheimer will has claimed the Poker Masters Purple Jacket by finishing in at least second place.
With Steffen Sontheimer reaching heads-up play against fellow German Christian Christner, he has now secured the Poker Masters Purple Jacket with the final standing falling one of two ways:
Hand #127: The first hand of heads-up play was missed due to the Fedor Holz interview.
Hand #128: Christian Christner raised to 120,000 with on the button and Steffen Sontheimer folded his big blind.
Hand #129: Sontheimer raised to 100,000 on the button with and Christner called from the big blind. The flop came and Christner check-called a bet of 65,000 from Sontheimer. The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Christner checked for the third time and Sontheimer fired 360,000. Christner made the call and his ten-high flush earned him the pot.
Hand #130: Christner raised to 115,000 on the button with and Sontheimer folded.
Hand #131: Sontheimer limped in on the button with and Christner checked his option with . The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn. They both checked again and the on the river double-paired the board. Christner check-folded to a bet of 55,000 from Sontheimer on the river.
Hand #132: Christian Christner raised the button to 115,000 with the and Steffen Sontheimer reraised to 415,000 with the . Christner called and the two took a flop of . Sontheimer checked and then folded when Christner bet 290,000.
Hand #133: Sontheimer limped with the and Christner, who looked down at the , moved all in. Sontheimer called off and it was off to the races. Sontheimer was looking to improve, and he did on the . Neither the turn and changed a thing and Sontheimer doubled through.
and Steffen Sontheimer checked with 
from the big blind.
and a bet of 55,000 from Christner was enough for him to win the pot.
flop to thrust Christner into the lead, and with Davies needing to one of the last aces in the deck, the 
on the turn would leave him drawing thin.
, and Davies was eliminated in 4th place for a $324,000 payday.
. Christian Christner shipped all-in over the top with 
in the big blind. Sontheimer folded and the remaining two hands were tabled.
and Holz picked up even more outs. The river was the 
and Holz was eliminated. 
and Christner called from the big blind. The flop came 
and Christner check-called a bet of 65,000 from Sontheimer. The turn was the 
and Christner checked his option with 
and both players checked to the 
turn and