Hand #23: Niklas Hambitzer opened to 235,000 with and was called by KevinSchulz who had .
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Hambitzer checked to Schulz who bet 175,000. Hambitzer folded.
Hand #24: Schulz opened to 235,000 from the button with and was called by Hambitzer who had .
The flop came and Hambitzer check-called a 280,000 chip bet from Schulz. The turn was the and Hambitzer checked again. Schulz checked as well.
The river was the and Hambitzer checked a third time. Schulz decided to check as well and Hambitzer picked up the pot.
Hand #25: Chance Kornuth opened to 210,000 from the button with and was called by Diego Ventura out of the big blind who held .
The flop came and Kornuth fired a continuation bet after Ventura checked and picked up the pot.
Hand #26: Schulz opened to 235,000 with from early position and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #27: Kornuth opened to 230,000 from early position with and Hambitzer reraised to 525,000 with . It was folded back to Kornuth who let his hand go to give the pot to Hambitzer.
Hand #28: This hand was not shown on the broadcast.
Hand #29: Schulz opened to 235,000 from the button with and was called by Hambitzer out of the big blind with .
The flop came and Hambitzer checked to Schulz who bet 225,000. Hambitzer called. The turn was the and Hambitzer checked again. Schulz fired another bullet, this time for 375,000. Hambitzer called again with his trip aces.
The river was the and Hambitzer checked yet again. Schulz fired a 425,000 chip bet with his pair of nines and was called by Hambitzer who picked up the sizable pot.
Hand #17: Diego Ventura opened to 225,000 on the button with but folded to the shove of Juan Martin Pastor, who had in the blinds.
Hand #18: Pastor jammed the button with and both blinds snap-folded.
Hand #19: Kevin Schulz opened for a raise on the button and called a three-bet to 600,000 from Kornuth, who had . Schulz had , and both missed the flop. Both checked, seeing the hit the turn. Kornuth won with a turn bet.
Hand #20: This hand wasn't broadcast.
Hand #21: Kornuth raised the cutoff to 240,000 with and took it down.
Hand #22: Kornuth raised with under the gun, and Schulz defended the big blind with . The flop brought a little for Schulz and a lot for Kornuth with a pair and a gutter. Both checked, and the turn gave Schulz two draws. He decided to fire out 425,000, and Kornuth mucked.
Diego Ventura just got a two-hand penalty for getting up and going to the bathroom before it was on him, while cards were still in front of him.
Hand #12: Juan Martin Pastor completed from the small blind with and Kevin Schulz raised all in out of the big blind with and Pastor folded.
Hand #13: Juan Martin Pastor opened to 160,000 with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #14: Chance Kornuth opened to 215,000 with from the small blind and was called by Niklas Hambitzer out of the big blind who held . The flop came .
Kornuth check-called a 250,000 bet from Hambitzer and the turn was the . Kornuth checked and Hambitzer bet 425,000. Kornuth thought for a few moments and folded his pair of aces.
Hand #15: Kevin Schulz picked up and opened to 235,000. Chance Cornuth called with from the button. Niklas Hambitzer called with out of the small blind and Diego Ventura called with out of the big blind.
The flop came and it was checked to Schulz who bet 480,000. The rest of the table folded to give him the pot.
Hand #16: Diego Ventura moved all in with from the small blind and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #6: Niklas Hambitzer opened for 165,000 on the button, and Juan Martin Pastor defended his big blind with . Both players whiffed and checked the flop, and a hit the turn, followed by two more checks. The river went check-check, and Hambitzer dragged the pot.
Hand #7: On a flop of , Kevin Schulz check-called 175,000 from Chance Kornuth. Both checked the turn, and a hit the river. Schulz had defended his big blind from an under-the-gun raise from Kornuth, and he bet out on the river with , inducing a quick fold from Kornuth, who had ace-high.
Hand #8: Juan Martin Pastor raised to 180,000 from the button, and Chance Kornuth defended the big blind with . He checked top two on the flop, and Pastor continued for 150,000. A check-raise to 435,000 from the chip leader ended things.
Hand #9: Action folded to Kornuth in the small blind, and he popped it up with and folded out Hambitzer.
Hand #10: Kornuth opened the button for 160,000, but Diego Ventura woke up with in the big blind. He elected to just call, and he flopped Broadway as hit the felt. Check-check action led to a turn, and two more checks brought out the . Ventura checked a third time and then called 115,000 from Kornuth, who was playing the board by now.
Hand #11: Kornuth got the off again, and this time his open from the cutoff took it down.
Hand #1: Kevin Schulz opened to 180,000 with and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #2: Chance Kornuth opened to 200,000 from early position with and was called by Diego Ventura with . The flop came and Kornuth bet 280,000 and was called by Ventura.
The turn was the giving Kornuth an open-ended straight draw. Kornuth made a large bet of 880,000 into the 1,100,000 chip pot. Ventura studied Kornuth, his arms resting on the rail in front of him. He decided to fold and Kornuth picked up the pot.
Hand #3: Rami Boukai moved all in with and the rest of the table folded to give him the blinds and antes.
Hand #4: Ventura opened for 180,000 from early position with and was called by Juan Martin Pastor with . Schulz three-bet from the button to 625,000 with .
Ventura looked upwards, studied Schulz for a moment, and released his hand. Pastor folded as well and Schulz took it down with the worst hand.
Hand #5: Rami Boukai moved all in for 910,000 with . Niklas Hambitzer called with . The rest of the table folded and Boukai was at risk.
The flop came putting Hambitzer in the lead. The turn was the adding a gutshot straight draw for Boukai.
The river was the and Boukai was eliminated in sixth place for $285,740.
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