Jan-Peter Jachtmann's raise was called by Matthias De Meulder in the small blind and Moritz Dietrichin the big blind. On a flop of , the action checked to Jachtmann and the partypoker team pro from Germany moved all in. De Meulder asked for a count and the shove was for 219,000.
De Meulder folded, as did Moritz, and the pot was shipped to Jachtmann.
A raise to 25,000 was in front of Anatoly Filatov and Benjamin Benoit in the hijack three-bet to 55,000. Filatov clicked it up to 165,000 and Benoit called. After a four-bet between both big stacks preflop, no further action would follow as the duo checked down the board of .
Filatov showed for a pair of aces and Benoit flashed his two cards, revealing the , before sending them into the muck.
Once the last nine were determined, the second table played one hand still that saw Sander van Wesemael get through with a shove before all moved their chips for the unofficial final table. A short break of 10 minutes is now in order before the last nine recommence and try to play down to a champion tonight.
We join the action in a hand between Michal Schuh and Benjamin Benoit, on a board, with roughly 60,000 in the middle. Schuh checked over to Benoit, who bet out 37,000, before Schuh raised all-in for around 200,000.
Benoit called instantly, turning over for top pair top kicker, and the nut flush draw. Schuh's was in horrible shape, and he failed to pair up on the river, meaning he finished the High Roller in 10th place, bursting our final table bubble.
A big pot was brewing between Sander van Wesemael and Anatoly Filatov, and until the turn of a board , more than 270,000 were already in the middle with a three-bet preflop and a continuation bet and call on the flop. Filatov moved all in for his last 308,000 out of the small blind and received the call he was looking for.
Anatoly Filatov:
Sander van Wesemael:
The river didn't change anything anymore and Filatov doubled to get back into contention.
Manig Loeser opened under the gun with a raise to 20,000, before Jan-Peter Jachtmann moved all-in next to act. Action folded back to Loeser who quickly called off his 157,000 stack before fast-rolling his . Jachtmann sighed loudly as he tabled .
The flop was of little help to Jachtmann, although he did pick up outs to a straight on the turn. The river paired the , though, and Loeser picked up a full double.
Matthias De Meulder and Anatoly Filatov clashed on a flop pf . With 87,000 in the middle, De Meulder checked first to act and Filatov on the button bet 35,000. De Meulder check-raised all in for 271,000 in total and Filatov eventually called.
Matthias De Meulder:
Anatoly Filatov:
Filatov had to fear both over cards and a nine in order to avoid a big setback, and De Meulder got there thanks to the turn. The river was a blank and the Belgian doubled up.
Over on the other table, Jan-Peter Jachtmann check-called a bet of 100,000 by Van Tiep Nguyen on the turn and checked again the river. Nguyen made it 170,000 to go, representing almost half of Jachtmann's remaining stack, and the German sighed before eventually folding.
Nguyen turned over and the partypoker pro said just one word: "Nice."
Paul Michaelis had previously folded to a three-bet shove of Michal Schuh and was soon after in action again. This time it was a flip for his tournament life, and Benjamin Benoit had him well covered.
Paul Michaelis:
Benjamin Benoit:
The board of improved the Frenchman and Michaelis bowed out in 11th place.