Daniele Mazzia moved all in for 638,000 and Davidi Kitai moved all in as well. It was unclear which player had more chips but the players showed:
Kitai:
Mazzia:
It was yet another coinflip situation and when the flop came down , Mazzia's sevens held the lead. Mazzia needed an ace, a king, or running cards to take the lead and his prayers were answered when the hit the turn. The river was the and Mazzia's hand was best. After a count, it was determined that Davidi Kitai was the all in player. He doubled to 1,134,000 and left Mazzia with just 80,000 chips.
Action folded around to Samuel Chartier on the button and he open raised all in for 411,000. Daniele Mazzia threw his hand away from the small blind but Fintan Gavin was not so hasty to make a decision. He surveyed his stack and his cards as well as giving Chartier a good once over.
He eventually said "I call," and Chartier exposed his . Gavin nodded as he turned over his slightly better .
With the gallery on its feet, drama ran high as the board ran out . Chartier failed to catch and Gavin's ace-high was best. He chipped up to 1,475,000 and sent Samuel Chartier to the rail in 7th place and will take home € 178,000 for his impressive finish.
Jason Mercier opened for 103,000, Martin Nielsen moved all in from the button and Mercier made the call. Mercier turned up , leading Nielsen's . The flop was , but the turned, leaving Nielsen drawing to either an ace or a deuce. The river, though was the and Nielsen was the first player eliminated from this final table. For his efforts, he earned € 119,000.
Dren Ukella raised it up to 82,000 from under the gun, only for Jason Mercier to push all in for a total of 437,000. With blinds of 20,000 and 40,000, everybody was wondering whether the German's small preflop raise was intended to entice a reraise, or to attack the blinds cheaply with a marginal hand, but whilst we were trapped in mid-deliberation, the action halted on former banker Martin Nielsen.
"He's not going to call," predicted Daniel Negreanu as Nielsen asked for a count, but Kid Poker's crystal ball was severely clouded as the Dane slid two columns of chips across the felt. "Woah!" exclaimed a genuinely startled Negreanu.
With Ukella stepping out of the way quicker than a hiccup, Mercier released a deep sigh and turned over . Nielsen tabled a domineering
The flop was a safe one, no six and no draws, no nothing. As we awaited the turn card, the tension increased; Nielsen picked his ear and Mercier rubbed his chin, his expression already accepting of an eight place exit.
But the turn came the !!! The crowd went wild and screams even emanated from the press room. A harmless on the river, and the miracle was complete, Mercier had survived and the double EPT dream was still alive.
In a hand that reflected the rapid fire of a machine gun, Daniele Mazzia button raised, Sebastian Ruthenberg reraised from the big blind, Mazzia pushed all in and Ruthenberg folded... all in a matter of seconds.