| Level 36: | 150k/300k (300k ante) |
| Entries: | 2/1,181 |
| Prizes: | €1,098,330 |
Kaspars Butans opted for the usual min-raise with A♦8♥, and Mounir Tajiou called with 6♣4♥.
Tajiou hit a bottom pair on the flop of 5♣9♣4♦ and both players checked.
On the turn of 4♠ Tajiou already had the pot locked up. The only question was how much he could extract from Butans. The Swede bet 700,000 into a 1,500,000 pot, and with not much hesitation, Butans made the call.
The river was a scary looking K♠, and Tajiou fired an overbet of 3.1 million into 2.9 million pot. Butans went into the tank, but it looked like his plan was to call. Eventually, he did, and his a-high quickly went into the much.
With this big pot, Tajiou closed the gap and leveled the playing field.
Kaspars Butans – 20,000,000
Mounir Tajiou – 16,000,000
