On a flop, Andreas G��l��nay checks, McDonald bets 160k and gets a call. On the turn, G��l��nay goes all-in and McDonald starts talking.
"I was bluffing the flop, but I think I have you," says McDonald and calls showing which is way ahead of Andreas' . The river comes and G��l��nay wins the monster pot to take over the lead.
G��l��nay screams, "I love poker!" to the excited crowd.
In pre-flop action, Johannes Strassmann raised to 27k, Andreas G��l��nay re-raised to 60k and Strassmann went all-in. After a minute of thinking, G��l��nay mucks his hand and Strassmann increases his stack.
During the first couple of hands, chip leader Michael "Timex" McDonald has shown some strength and has increased his stack to 961k. He just won a medium-sized pot from Diego Perez, who has dropped back to 644k.
This is the fourth season of the European Poker Tour and for the first time ever a player has managed to reach two final tables in a row. Christian Harder finished seventh in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas three weeks ago. Now he's matched that performance by reaching the final table in Dortmund as well. Truly a great achievement. Christian starts out the final day sixth in chips.
Welcome to the live report of the final day of the PokerStars EPT German Open, where the last eight players will battle it out for the title and the first prize of �933,600. Tournament director Thomas Kremser has just announced ��Shuffle up and deal!�� and we are off to an exciting day at Casino Hohensyburg. Michael ��Timex�� McDonald from Canada is the chip leader and probably the favourite to win this tournament.
These are the seatings and chip counts at the final table:
1: Mike McDonald 862,000
2: Diego Perez 744,000
3: Thibaut Durand 148,000
4: Johannes Strassmann 827,000
5: Christian Harder 339,000
6: Andreas G��l��nay 560,000
7: Torsten Haase 369,000
8. Claudio Rinaldi 276,000