Abdelhakim Zoufri raised to 40,000 on the button and Alessandro Laubinger moved all in from the big blind. Zoufri asked for a count and the shove of the German was for 435,000. After plenty of consideration, Zoufri called and the cards were turned over.
Alessandro Laubinger:
Abdelhakim Zoufri:
The board of kept Zoufri in the lead and Laubinger was eliminated in 19th place for €4,812.
One table was still to finish their current hand before the redraw of the last two tables and Thomas Hofmann's raise was followed by the three-bet shove of Stanislav Koleno for 229,000. Hofmann called and the cards were turned over.
Stanislav Koleno:
Thomas Hofmann:
The board of kept Koleno in the lead and he doubled.
Thomas Hofmann raised to 45,000 from the hijack and Johannes Toebbe three-bet from the cutoff for 125,000. Hofmann glanced over at the stack of his table neighbor and called. Both opted to check the flop and the turn. The river completed the board and Hofmann bet 112,000 to force a fold from Toebba.
Remco Verbakel raised to 42,000 from early position and Artan Dedusha called in the big blind. The board of was checked through entirely and Dedusha showed . Verbakel grinned and mucked while the action on both tables has slowed down with an average of almost 50 big blinds.
Radek Castka raised to 50,000 and Rene Crha three-bet to 120,000 from one seat over. Castka moved all in and Crha beat him into the pot to create a showdown for more than one million in chips.
Rene Crha:
Radek Castka:
The board of provided no help for Castka and Crha doubled for 574,000. Serghei Lisiy tapped the table loudly with a grin and Crha smiled back over to his nemesis from earlier, added "I am going to destroy him."