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Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:07 PM Local Time
Athanasios Polychronopoulos raises to 70,000 and Dominik Nietsche calls. The flop comes and Polychronopoulos bets 100,000. Nietsche raises, making it 230,000 to play. Polychronopoulos thinks for aorund 20 seconds before moving all-in.
Nietsche folds, flashing the .
Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:06 PM Local Time
Dominik Nietsche raises to 70,000 and Athanasios Polychronopoulos reraises to 190,000. Nietsche announces he is all-in, Polychronopoulos folds, and Nietsche takes the pot.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:03 PM Local Time
Dominik Nietsche gets a third walk in a row.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:03 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche raises, taking the pot.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:02 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche gets a walk.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:02 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche raises, taking the pot.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:01 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche gets a walk.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 5:01 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche raises to 70,000 and Athanasios Polychronopoulos calls. The flop comes 10-9-2. Polychronopoulos checks, Nitsche bets 80,000, and Polychronopoulos calls.
The turn brings a 9 and both players check. The river is a K and Polychronopoulos checks, Nitsche bets 135,000, Polychronopoulos folds, and Nietsche takes the pot.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:59 PM Local Time
Athanasios Polychronopoulos raises, taking the pot.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:58 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche gets a walk.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:57 PM Local Time
Athansios Polychronopoulos raises, taking the pot.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:55 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsches raises, taking the pot.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:47 PM Local Time
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:41 PM Local Time
The remaining two players are now on a short break while the production staff prepares the set for heads-up play.
Chip counts:
Dominik Nitsche - 2,575,000 (86 BBs)
Anthansios Polychronopoulos - 1,180,000 (39 BBs)
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:34 PM Local Time
Athanasios Polychronopoulos raises to 70,000 on the button and Matthew Ashton (pictured) moves all-in from the big blind for around 760,000. Dominik Nitsche is in the big blind and announces he is all-in, having the rest of the table covered. Polychronopoulos folds.
Ashton hold , which is up against Nitsche's .
The flop comes , giving Ashton a set of treys and the advantage in the hand. The on the turn does give Nitsche a flush draw though.
The river brings the fourth spade, the , and Nitsche makes a winning flush to knock the reigning $50,000 Poker Players Champion out of the tournament in third place.
Dominik Nitsche - 2,750,000
Matthew Ashton - eliminated in third place for $157,399
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:29 PM Local Time
Matthew Ashton gets a walk in the big blind.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:28 PM Local Time
Matthew Ashton raises from the button, winning the blinds and antes.
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:28 PM Local Time
Athanasios Polychronopoulos raises to 65,000 on the button and Dominik Nitsche calls from the big blind. The flop comes and Nitsche checks. Polychronopoulos bets 80,000, then Nitsche check-raises to 200,000 total. Polcyhronopoulos tanks for quite a while before calling.
The falls on the turn, prompting Nitsche to check. Polychronopoulos bets 230,000, Nitsche folds, and Polychronopoulos takes the pot.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos - 1,310,000
Dominik Nitsche - 1,905,000
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:20 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche raises to 60,000 on the button and Matthew Ashton reraises to 185,000 out of the big blind. Nitsche calls.
The flop comes and Ashton bets 130,000. Nitsche checks his hole cards, then calls.
The turn is the . Ashton bets 340,000. Nitsche doesn't take too long before calling.
The river brings the , double pairing the board. Ashton thinks for a minute or so, then checks. Nitsche checks behind.
Ashton shows for just jack-high. Nitsche holds and wins the seven-figure pot with his ace kicker.
Dominik Nitsche - 2,175,000
Matthew Ashton - 675,000
Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:20 PM Local Time
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000