Event #8: €25,500 Super Highroller Series 25K

Martin Kabrhel defended his big blind against a button raise by Manig Loeser and checked the     flop. Loeser continued for 495,000 and Kabrhel check-raised to 2,000,000 with 450,000 behind. Loeser moved all in and Kabrhel called.

Martin Kabrhel:   
Manig Loeser:   

Kabrhel locked up the double with the   turn and the   river was a blank.

Manig Loeser	13,000,000	-2,600,000
Martin Kabrhel	6,200,000	2,020,000

The action folded around to Manig Loeser in the small blind who shipped all in for over 8,000,0000. Fabrizio Gonzalez was in the big blind with around 5,200,000 and it was clear he had a big decision to make. He eyed up Loeser's stack and thought for a couple of minutes before making the call.

Manig Loeser:   
Fabrizio Gonzalez:   

Gonzalez was in a great position to double up with a dominating ace preflop. However, the flop fell     and Loeser picked up a pair of deuces. The   on the turn and the   on the river sent a stunned Gonzalez to the rail on the money bubble.

Manig Loeser	15,600,000	7,425,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	0	-4,000,000

During the first round of hand-for-hand play, Rainer Kempe raised to 425,000 from the hijack with    and Michael Addamo called in the cutoff with   .

The flop came    , Kempe continued with a bet of 450,000 and Addamo raised to 1,200,000. Kempe considered his options and decided to three-bet to 3,100,000. Addamo contemplated for a bit and decided to give up.

Rainer Kempe	14,660,000	2,425,000
Michael Addamo	9,550,000	-1,625,000

With 21 players left in the field and 20 players getting paid today, it's time for the bubble as hand-for-hand play will commence now.

James Romero limped in on the button which invited Benjamin Pollak to come along from the small blind and Winfred Yu checked his option in the big blind. The flop came     and the action checked around to the   on the turn.

Pollak checked again and Yu tossed in a bet of 400,000. Romero quickly folded but Pollak called to see the   on the river. Pollak checked again and Yu slid in a bet of 1,200,000. Pollak thought for a minute and looked over at Yu before making the call. Yu flipped over    for a straight and Pollak sent his cards to the muck.

Winfred Yu	9,650,000	1,670,000
Benjamin Pollak	2,830,000	-1,060,000

Richard Yong raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Dominik Nitsche shoved in the small blind. Gianluca Speranza found    in the big blind but opted to fold. Yong called.

Richard Yong:   
Dominik Nitsche:   

The flop came down     to give Yong two pair immediately.

The   on the turn gave Nitsche the higher two pair and the   on the river completed the board which didn't help Yong at all as he was eliminated before the bubble.

Dominik Nitsche	11,000,000	3,065,000
Richard Yong	0	-2,620,000

There was over 1,300,000 in the middle already and the board read      .

Timothy Adams:   
Gianluca Speranza:   

After they had both checked through the turn, Speranza checked in the big blind on the river and Adams bet 900,000 from the hijack. Speranza shoved, having Adams covered, Adams tanked holding the winning hand with the turned trip kings. Adams counted out his chips and then decided to put his tournament life at risk by calling after considering it for about three minutes. Adams doubled up for the 4,760,000 he had behind.

Timothy Adams	10,660,000	5,170,000
Gianluca Speranza	2,285,000	-4,300,000

Niall Farrell moved all in for around 1,200,000 and Fabrizio Gonzalez called out of the blinds to create the following showdown.

Niall Farrell:   
Fabrizio Gonzalez:   

The board came       left the defending champion drawing dead on the turn and Gonzalez rivered the nut straight for good measure to deal the final blow.

One table was still active right before the three-table redraw. Michael Addamo had defended against Rainer Kempe and check-called a bet of 500,000 on the     flop. On the   turn, both players checked and Addamo bet the   river for 700,000, one third of the pot. Kempe eventually called and mucked when Addamo rolled over the    for a flush.

Michael Addamo	11,600,000	1,550,000
Rainer Kempe	9,800,000	-1,620,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	4,000,000	-1,950,000
Niall Farrell	0	-3,550,000

Christian Rudolph raised to 250,000 from the cutoff with   , Ognjen Sekularac called in the small blind with    and so did Gianluca Speranza in the big blind with   .

The flop came    , both Sekularac and Speranza checked. Rudolph continued with a bet of 275,000 which they both called.

The turn brought them the   which gave both Speranza and Rudolph the gutshot to a straight but Sekularac was still ahead with the pair of kings. Sekularac bet 390,000, Speranza called after contemplating for a while but Rudolph folded.

The   on the river gave Speranze trip sixes to jump ahead of Sekularac's pair of kings. Sekularac bet 520,000 which sent Speranza into the tank. Speranza responded with a shove to put Sekularac at risk. Sekularac counted his stack, tanked a bit longer, and then decided to make the call after tanking for a bit more than three minutes. Sekularac quickly left the stage when he saw he was beat and Speranza calmly stacked up his new chips.

Gianluca Speranza	7,490,000	3,905,000
Ognjen Sekularac	0	-2,950,000