Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:27 PM Local Time
Rafal Tomczak wins a hand on the flop to regain some chips and the next hand, Paul Tedeschi moves all in from the small blind. The dealer has just said "raise all in" and the cards of Georgios Sotiropoulos are already on the way to the muck.
The stack sizes of the remaining five players are not too far from each other.
Rafal Tomczak - 700,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:22 PM Local Time
Paul Tedeschi opens to 50,000 from under the gun and Andre Lommel calls in the big blind. Both players check the flop and Lommel bets the turn for 100,000. After some consideration, Tedeschi lets go of his cards.
Andre Lommel - 580,000
Paul Tedeschi - 530,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:18 PM Local Time
Georgios Sotiropoulos opens to 53,000 from under the gun and Andre Lommel moves all in for 225,000 from the small blind. Sotiropoulos gives it some thought, counts his stack, and calls.
Lommel:
Sotiropoulos:
The board runs out and Lommel doubles up with a full house, threes over kings.
Andre Lommel - 500,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos - 435,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:09 PM Local Time
Rafal Tomczak opens to 52,000 from the hijack and Benjamin Zamani three-bets to 117,000 from one seat over. It is the second confrontation between the two in a short time and again Tomczak lets go.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:04 PM Local Time
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:03 PM Local Time
Rafal Tomczak raises to 60,000 from the small blind and folds to the three-bet of Benjamin Zamani, who makes it 125,000 from one seat over.
Paul Tedeschi opens to 40,000 from under the gun and Georgios Sotiropoulos calls from one seat over. Andre Lommel calls from the big blind. Lommel and Tedeschi check the flop and Sotiropoulos' bet of 58,000 wins the pot uncontested.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:00 PM Local Time
In a battle of the blinds between Paul Tedeschi and Georgios Sotiropoulos, the former checks the turn with on board, and the latter bets 52,000. Tedeschi folds.
Then on the next hand, Tedeschi raises the button for 45,000. Sotiropoulos moves all in for around 490,000 chips and Tedeschi folds.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:55 PM Local Time
Rafal Tomczak opens to 54,000 and Andre Lommel moves all in for 151,000 from the small blind. Paul Tedeschi folds the big blind and Tomczak calls.
Lommel:
Tomczak:
The player at risk pairs his kicker on the flop while Tomczak picks up a gutshot on the turn. The river is a blank and Lommel doubles up.
Rafal Tomczak - 870,000
Andre Lommel - 330,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:52 PM Local Time
Paul Tedeschi min-raises to 40,000 from under the gun and Andre Lommel gives up his big blind.
Andre Lommel - 154,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:50 PM Local Time
Georgios Sotiropoulos gives up his big blind against an all in and then limps from the small blind. Rafal Tomczak raises to 65,000 from the big blind and Sotiropoulos calls. On the flop, Sotiropoulos checks and then folds to a continuation bet of Tomczak worth 65,000.
One hand later, Paul Tedeschi opens to 40,000 and Rafal Tomczak three-bets to 125,000 from the small blind. Tedeschi folds and Tomczak is the first chip millionaire.
Rafak Tomczak - 1,050,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:44 PM Local Time
John Racener moves all in foe 106,000 from under the gun and Paul Tedeschi calls in the big blind.
Racener:
Tedeschi:
Tedeschi pairs up on the flop and stays in the lead after turn and river fill up the board. Racener is eliminated in 6th place and takes home €21,600 for his efforts.
Paul Tedeschi - 730,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:40 PM Local Time
In the first hand back from the break, Paul Tedeschi moves all in from the small blind and John Racener folds. The next two hands, Georgios Sotiropoulos and Rafal Tomczak receive a walk. Then, Tedeschi raises from the hijack and steals the blinds and antes. Sotiropoulos does so as well from the cutoff one hand later.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:33 PM Local Time
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:23 PM Local Time
Seat 1: -- empty --
Seat 2: Paul Tedeschi (France) - 546,000
Seat 3: John Racener (USA) - 164,000
Seat 4: Georgios Sotiropoulos (Greece) - 479,000
Seat 5: -- empty --
Seat 6: Rafal Tomczak (Poland) - 880,000
Seat 7: Benjamin Zamani (USA) - 428,000
Seat 8: Andre Lommel (Luxembourg) - 234,000
Seat 9: -- empty --
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:13 PM Local Time
Georgios Sotiropoulos opens to 32,000 and Andre Lommel calls in the big blind. On the flop, Lommel checks and then folds to a 30,000 continuation bet by Sotiropoulos.
The next hand, Sotiropoulos raises to 32,000 again and Lommel calls in the small blind, Brian Hastings calls all in for 17,000 in the big blind. Lommel check-folds the flop and Sotiropoulos goes into the showdown with . Hastings more than triples up with as the board fills up with turn and river.
In the last hand of the level, Rafal Tomczak raises from late position. Hastings has about four big blinds left, and he shoves out of the small blind. Tomczak calls.
Hastings:
Tomczak:
The board runs out and Hastings is eliminated in 7th place for €16,703.
After the hand, the players head into a 20-minute break.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:11 PM Local Time
Brian Hastings moves all in for 230,000 and Benjamin Zamani calls all in for 210,000 out of the big blind.
Hastings:
Zamani:
The board comes , giving Hastings an two pair, but also completing a straight for Zamani to leave Hastings with a tiny stack.
Benjamin Zamani - 440,000
Brian Hastings - 20,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:08 PM Local Time
Georgios Sotiropoulos limps in from the small blind and Rafal Tomczak checks his option from one seat over. On the flop, Sotiropoulos checks and Tomczak wins the small pot with a bet of 17,000.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:03 PM Local Time
Byron Kaverman moves all in for what looks like 140,000 from the button and Brian Hastings folds the small blind. Paul Tedeschi calls in the big blind and they turn over their cards.
Kaverman:
Tedeschi:
The flop gives Kaverman a gutshot for the wheel, but the turn and are of no help. Kaverman takes 8th place and Tedeschi moves up to half a million in chips.
Paul Tedeschi - 510,000
Byron Kaverman - Eliminated in 8th place (€13,094)
Sunday, October 18, 2015 4:54 PM Local Time
Brian Hastings raises from under the gun and wins the blinds and antes.
The next hand, Georgios Sotiropoulos raises to 35,000 from early position and Hastings calls in the big blind. Hastings bets the flop for 35,000 and Sotiropoulos calls. On the turn, Hastings fires 75,000, and Sotiropoulos gives it some thought before moving all in for 190,000. Hastings quickly folds.
Georgios Sotiropoulos - 460,000
Brian Hastings - 201,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 4:46 PM Local Time
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000