Jake Schindler bet 40,000 from the cutoff on a board of , and Steffen Sontheimer called from the small blind. The German checked the river, and Schindler bet 90,000. Sontheimer tanked long enough to use two extensions before calling, but Schindler showed him the nut flush: .
From middle position, Dan Smith opened to 9,000 and David Peters called in the cutoff.
With the action on Dominik Nitsche on the button, he three-bet to 32,000 as the blinds released their hands.
Smith then pushed out a stack of green 25,000-denomination chips to effectively put both active players all-in, and once Peters folded, Nitsche called all in for roughly his last 175,000.
Nitsche:
Smith:
The flop gave a trailing Nitsche now outs to a chop if any deuce or running straight cards came.
The on the turn changed little, and when the completed the board on the river, Nitsche was eliminated as Smith climbed to 700,000 in chips.
Big blind Steffen Sontheimer bet 16,000 on a board of , and Andrew Lichtenberger made it 62,000 from his left. Sontheimer came back with 145,000, and Lichtenberger called. On the , both players checked, and Lichtenberger won the showdown with .