Holozlu and Chouity Get Into It
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
We joined a big pot on the river as Nicolas Chouity bet 142,000 into a pot of roughly double that. The board read 
and Chouity's bet was putting Alisan Holozlu under a lot of pressure.
Eventually, Holozlu, having looked like he was certain to fold, made the call.
Chouity turned over his bluff, 
and nodded, saying "Good call."
Holozlu turned over 
for the winning hand.
"You never give up." said Chouity to his opponent.
"I give up when I feel I'm not winning. Was I ahead or not?" replies Holozlu. It's friendly but Chouity is clearly a little frustrated at his opponent calling him. The two men essentially swap positions in the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
690,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
||
improved Puchkov to a set, while Freund had a straight draw. Nothing changed with the 
river was a blank as well. Freund was eliminated and Puchkov doubled through Chalkidis for 391,000.
flop, Jason Mercier checked in the big blind and Mikhail Shalamov bet 40,000 on the button, Mercier called. After the 
turn, Mercier check-called another bet worth 81,000 and then checked the 
river.
and soon after got his short stack in with a pocket pair, only to see Norbert Berent look him up from one seat over.
and both players made a straight, though the one from Berent was better.
for a pair of nines, meaning Draghici needed a spade, deuce or ace to survive. The 
on the river was neither of those, sending Draghici to the rail.
. Zeiter continued with 100,000, Koon moved all in, and Zeiter immediately released.
. 
saw Katchalov out of his seat out of his seat on the flop and shaking hands by the river. Durnegger continues to build an impressive stack.
and the stacks were counted. Ruzicka had just over 550,000 and Nanev less in order to join the rail.
