Action was retold to PokerNews. Dmitry Yurasov had 
in the big blind and was up against 
and 
in a three-way preflop all in.
The board would hold for the aces to knock out two players and put Yurasov in contention for the chip lead late on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
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Faraz Jaka raised to 5,000 and was called by Onur Ozgur in the cutoff. From the button, Simon Trumper shoved for 45,000. Jaka reshoved for 160,000, and Ozgur snap-called.
Simon Trumper: 
Onur Ozgur: 
Faraz Jaka: 
"I'm drawing dead," Trumper said when the cards were revealed. Jaka, filming the action with his phone, jumped into the lead on the 
flop with a pair of queens.
The 
came on the turn, followed by the 
on the river to give Jaka two pair. Trumper was eliminated, while the stacks were counted down and Jaka had Ozgur covered. Ozgur asked the dealer to wait taking in the cards while he snapped a picture before joining Trumper on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
370,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
355,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
330,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
270,000 | |
|
260,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
260,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
240,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
120,000 |
A few hands after Sergey Bobrik had doubled up with 
vs 
when the board ran out 
, he was involved in another big hand and facing a big river decision.
The board read 
and there was a pot of about 85,000 in the middle. Dmitry Yurasov moved all in for about 93,000 to but Bobrik to the test.
Bobrik considered it for over a minute before calling.
Yurasov tabled the 
for the full house for the winner. Bobrik shook his head and showed the 
for pocket kings again, this time unable to get him the victory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Manig Loeser and Qiong Hu built a pot of around 25,000 on the 
flop when both players checked.
The turn came the 
and Hu bet 10,000 from the hijack. Loeser, in early position, came back with an all-in shove for 52,000 and Hu called after some deliberation.
Manig Loeser: 
Qiong Hu:
Hu looked away from the table in frustration after seeing he was already drawing dead to Loeser's set of fours. The meaningless river came the and Loeser doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
|
|
105,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
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Ludovic Periaux called a bet of 7,000 from the cutoff on a flop of 
and Emmanuel Lopez in the big blind also came along and called.
The turn came the 
and action checked to Periaux, who bet 15,200. Only Lopez called to see the 
on the river and he checked.
Periaux paused for a moment before tapping the felt. Lopez opened up 
for a pair of eights, but Periaux showed 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
150,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Shay Koren was all in as the effective stack preflop holding the 
vs the of his opponent.
The board ran out 
to hold the nines as the winner and give Koren an important double up to put him well above average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
202,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
Steven Warburton raised to 4,000 from the cutoff before Alexander Zubov reraised to 15,000 in the small blind. Warburton called to see the flop.
Zubov checked over to Warburton, who bet 18,000. Zubov tanked for about two minutes before calling as the 
fell on the turn.
He again checked and Warburton bet 12,500 this time. Zubov went into the tank once more, taking several minutes before committing the chips.
The river came the and Zubov checked for a third time. Warburton immediately grabbed a tower of blue 5,000 chips and shoved them in the middle, putting Zubov all in for around 40,000. Zubov tanked some more, taking another few minutes before sliding his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
365,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
40,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
