Hands #33-37: Hofmann Bluffs Toebbe
Hand #33: Albert Hoekendijk raised to 120,000 on the button and Abdelhakim Zoufri defended. Both players checked the flop. Zoufri bet 165,000 on the turn and Hoekendijk folded directly.
Hand #34: Thomas Hofmann raised to 125,000 from middle position and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #35: Hoekendijk raised to 150,000 from middle position and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #36: Jonas Lauck was the third person in row to open from middle position, this time to 115,000, and Hofmann defended his big blind. The flop went check/check. Hofmann bet 135,000 on the turn and Lauck folded.
Hand #37: Johannes Toebbe raised to 115,000 on the button and Hofmann called from the small blind. On the flop, Hofmann checked, Toebbe bet 125,000 and Hofmann called. The turn was the and Hofmann check-called a second bet worth 175,000.
On the river, Hofmann led out for 425,000 and Toebbe went deep in the tank. He counted out a call but, as the clock ran into the break, decided on folding. Prompted by the boisterous rail, Hofmann showed for jack-high and Toebbe said he folded a flopped two pair.