Martin Zamani has gotten the better of a number of small-scale encounter early in the heads-up match. None of the pots were especially large, but after Dominik Nitsche took the first couple, Zamani took several in a row, including one where he bet turn for 150,000 on after defending big blind.

Nitsche called and both checked the river, and Nitsche could only shake his head and chuckle when Zamani took showdown with .