Harald Sammer Eliminated in 10th place ($23,828)
Niveau 25
: 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Harald Sammer has popped the final table bubble by busting in 10th in a gargantuan three-way pot vs. Ari Engel and Wilbern Hoffman. Preflop, Hoffman opened for 100,000 and Sammer shoved for 990,000. Engel asked for a count, then announced that he too was all in. Back to Hoffman, who snap-called too.
Sammer: 
Hoffman: 
Engel: 
(putting both of the near evenly stacked shorter players at risk)
When the flop of 
brought two pair for Sammer, Hoffman, standing, uttered a short Anglo-Saxon expletive. The turn was the innocuous 
but the river paired the seven with the 
.
"Aces, you won," it was pointed out to Hoffman who was still in the thrall of the flop suckout. He bent double, then picked himself, and his large new stack, up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000 | 1,690,000 |
|
2,550,000 | -1,150,000 |
|
Eliminé |
and Engel took the lead with a pair of sevens. The 
on the turn was no help to Marques and the 
on the river sent him home in 11th place.
board.
while Nguyen had a quiet chuckle at having dodged bullets with his reluctant-looking fold.
to give Arieh quads and Yifrach was drawing dead to the 
flop. 
wasn't close to help, and although the river card of 
flop, Marques led out for 32,000 and Li, in position, raised to 85,000. Marques made the call, then both players checked the