Hand #37: Kurganov received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #38: Muehloecker opened to 110,000 with from the cutoff. Altergott in the big blind defended with . The flop came and both players checked. The hit the turn and Altergott bet out 150,000. Muehloecker instantly folded.
Hand #39: Seidel opened the cutoff to 110,000, again no cards showing. on the button for Kurganov and he made the call. Altergott folded his small blind, Holz called from the big blind with .
The flop came and Holz checked with his flopped top pair. Seidel made a 160,000 continuation bet and Kurganov called with his second pair. Holz shoved all in for 555,000. Seidel pondered and folded the flush draw he had with . Kurganov had to call 395,000 and made the call. The on the turn was a blank, and so was the on the river. Holz doubles up!
Hand #40: Altergott with on the button opened for 115,000. Holz folded his small blind, Sammartino defended the big blind with .
The flop came and both players checked. The hit the turn and Sammartino bet out 135,000 into 290,000. Altergott instantly folded.
Hand #32: Battle of the blinds for the minimum, and Max Altergott bet 50,000 on the with . Fedor Holz mucked his .
Hand #33: Altergott raised to 110,000 with on the button, and Dario Sammartino defended with the and a mystery card. After a free turn and free river, the board read , and Altergott bet 150,000 after Sammartino checked. He won the pot.
Hand #34: Thomas Muehloecker raised to 110,000 under the gun, and he took it down.
Hand #35: Kurganov took it down with an open holding .
Hand #36: Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 105,000 on the button, and Muehloecker jammed it in with in the small blind, folding out the of Urbanovich.
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Hand #27: Kurganov opened for 115,000 from the hijack with . Urbanovich in the big blind flatted with . The flop came , giving Kurganov the edge with his gutshot and flush draw. Urbanovich checked, and folded his pair of sixes to Kurganov's 150,000 bet.
Hand #28: Action folded to Sammartino with . He opened his button to 125,000 took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #29: Again a big pair for Sammartino, this time in the cutoff. The Italian opened for 110,000 and again no action, everyone folded.
Hand #30: Fedor Holz opened eith a raise to 110,000. Sammartino folded next to him. All other players followed Sammartino's example, blinds and antes to Holz.
Hand #31: Action folded to Igor Kurganov in the small blind. The Russian high roller found a real hand with and raised it up. Altergott called with .
The was good for Altergott, giving him 87% equity to win the hand. Kurganov bet out 140,000 and Altergott flatted in position to see the pot grow to 615,000.
on the turn and Kurganov fired another 325,000. Altergott, with now a gutshot on top of his pair and flush draw, called again.
The on the river changed nothing. 1,265,000 in the middle and Kurganov checked. Altergott was happy to check behind and took it down.
Hand #22: Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 105,000 with on the button, and Erik Seidel defended his big blind with an unknown hand. Seidel checked the , and Urbanovich bet 105,000 again and got a call. On the turn, Seidel checked and called 235,000. Check-check on the , and Seidel's took it down.
Hand #23: Igor Kurganov took it down without a fight in the big blind.
Hand #24: With only the known, Thomas Muehloecker opened in the cutoff to 110,000. Seidel called with unknown holdings on the button, and Igor Kurganov took it down with a three-bet to 365,000.
Hand #25: Seidel opened to 110,000 in the cutoff, and Fedor Holz defended his big blind with . He checked the , calling 125,000 from Seidel. Holz checked and mucked to Seidel's second barrel on a turn, and Seidel's hole cards were revealed as .
Hand #26: Muehloecker's was good enough for a 110,000 open in middle position, and Dario Sammartino defended his blind with a hand that included the . Muehloecker bet 130,000 on the flop, winning the pot when Sammartino mucked.
Hand #20: Kurganov in the hijack with opened for 115,000. Urbanovich in the big blind called with . The flop came and Urbanovich checked. Kurganov bet 150,000 and Urbanovich, with the over card, gutshot and back door flush draw, made the call.
590,000 in the pot and the hit the turn; the best card Urbanovich could hit. The Polish player checked again, Kurganov checked behind with his top pair and top kicker. The on the river made both players check again and Urbanovich took it down.
Hand #21: Altergott opened the hijack for 115,000 with . Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind flatted with . The flop came and neither player hit. 290,000 in the pot and Muehloecker checked. Altergott bet 105,000 and Muehloecker instantly folded.
Hand #17: Holz opened under the gun for 115,000 with the showing. Dzmitry Urbanovich shoved for 1,250,000 with and everyone folded.
Hand #18: Dzmitry Urbanovich opened for 105,000 from early position and took sown the blinds and antes.
Hand #19: Dzmitry Urbanovich again opened for 105,000, this time under the gun holding . Action folded to Igor Kurganov in the cutoff with . The Russian player three-bet to 230,000 and it was folded back to Urbanovich who tanked for a bit before announcing all in for 1,575,000. Kurganov made no show out of it as he instantly folded.
Hand #13: Max Altergott opened to 90,000 with in the cutoff, and Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet to 265,000 with from the big blind. That was enough to chase Altergott away.
Hand #14: Igor Kurganov raised to 100,000 from early position with , and nobody else wanted to play.
Hand #15: Action folded to the blinds, and Thomas Muehloecker completed with . Erik Seidel raised to 115,000 with an unknown hand, and Muehloecker didn't think that was too expensive for the suited gapper. Seidel bet 90,000 on the , and Muehloecker thought things over for awhile before making it 265,000. Seidel called, and the arrived on the turn. Muehloecker slowed down with a check, and he folded to Seidel's 435,000.
Hand #16: Dario Sammartino raised to 90,000 with in middle position, and Kurganov defended his blind with . Kurganov checked the , and he called 100,000. Action went check-check on the , and Kurganov got 145,000 of value on the river.
Hand #8: Muehloecker limped in from the small blind holding , Seidel checked his big blind with . The flop came and Muehloecker bet 60,000. Seidel folded and Muehloecker took it down.
Hand #9: Holz opened from early/middle position to 90,000 holding . His neighbor, Sammartino, had the showing (the other card was obscured) and three-bet to 275,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Holz and the young German folded.
Hand #10: Seidel opened the button to 90,000, both cards not showing up in the graphics. Kurganov in the small blind, with, three-bet to 225,000. Altergott quickly folded his big blind, action was back on Seidel. Seidel called.
on the flop and Kurganov bet 210,000. Seidel instantly folded.
Hand #11: Igor Kurganov, with the showing, opened for 95,000 on the button. Altergott quickly folded his small blind, Holz with the showing, called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The fell on the turn and Holz checked again. Kurganov bet 125,000, and Holz instantly folded.
Hand #12: Max Altergott opened his button for 90,000 with . Holz folded from the small blind, Sammartino in the big blind called with . Heads-up to the flop with 235,000 in the middle: . Sammartino checked and Altergott made a continuation bet of 90,000. Sammartino folded.
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from the cutoff. Altergott in the big blind defended with 
. The flop came 
and both players checked. The 
hit the turn and Altergott bet out 150,000. Muehloecker instantly folded.
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and Holz checked with his flopped top pair. Seidel made a 160,000 continuation bet and Kurganov called with his second pair. Holz shoved all in for 555,000. Seidel pondered and folded the flush draw he had with 
. Kurganov had to call 395,000 and made the call. The 
on the turn was a blank, and so was the 
on the river. Holz doubles up!
on the button opened for 115,000. Holz folded his small blind, Sammartino defended the big blind with 
and both players checked. The 
hit the turn and Sammartino bet out 135,000 into 290,000. Altergott instantly folded.
. Fedor Holz mucked his 
, and Altergott bet 150,000 after Sammartino checked. He won the pot.
in the small blind, folding out the 
. He opened his button to 125,000 took down the blinds and antes.
next to him. All other players followed Sammartino's example, blinds and antes to Holz.
.
, and Urbanovich bet 105,000 again and got a call. On the 
turn, and Seidel's hole cards were revealed as 
. Muehloecker bet 130,000 on the 
in the cutoff, and Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet to 265,000 with 
, and Kurganov got 145,000 of value on the 
. The flop came 
and Muehloecker bet 60,000. Seidel folded and Muehloecker took it down.