We caught up with action on a flop of . David Benyamine checked and Carter Phillips checked behind, landing the on the turn.
Benyamine bet 12,000 and Phillips called, leading to the river card. Benyamine fired 38,000 into the pot and Phillips quickly called, but mucked Benyamine tabled for the flopped straight.
Benyamine: Up to about 475,000
Phillips: Down to about 145,000
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Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 3,000 from middle position and Anzor Makhjser called from the next seat. Ayat Yoram was on the button and three-bet to 11,000. Everyone folded back to Mizrachi and he called. Makhjser folded.
The flop and turn were checked quickly by both players as the board ran out to the river. Mizrachi fired 10,000 on the river and Yoram folded. Mizrachi flashed two red eights and scooped the pot.
On the flop of , Tafyun Rodoplu and Kfir Yamin got all the money in. Rodoplu held the and Yamin a gutshot with .
The turn and river were the and to give Rodoplu the pot and double him up over 200,000. He was all in on the flop for 98,900 chips and Yamin was left with 33,000 chips.
Under the gun, Ziv Caspi made it 4,000 to go and found calls from Huseyin Yilmaz in early position and Sam Trickett on the button.
The flop came down and Caspi made a continuation bet of 7,400. Trickett was the lone caller. The turn and river were checked by both players. Caspi tabled for top pair, good enough to take the pot.
Caspi is having an exceelnt day, currently on a stack of about 230,000 after starting with 46,200.
Form under the gun, Carter Phillips opened with a raise to 3,300. Action folded around to Kfir Yamin in the small blind and he three-bet to 11,100. After David Benyamine folded his big blind, Phillips thought about it for a little bit before firing back a four-bet to 25,200. Almost instantly Yamin moved all in and just as fast, Phillips snapped his hand into the muck.
After calling Carter Phillips' bet of 9,000 on an board, David Benyamine fired 42,000 when the river card fell. Phillips gave it up, but still has an above average stack of about 215,000.
David Benyamine is the first player to cross the 400,000 mark, sitting with about 405,000 at the moment.
With the board reading , Hakan Ercan's bet of 5,000 was popped to 18,000 by Huseyin Yilmaz. Ercan called, landing the river card.
Ercan shoved, having his opponent covered, and Yilmaz could not call all in any faster with his . Ercan was stunned, tabling , seeing much of his stack shipped Yilmaz's way.
Yilmaz is up to about 225,000 while Ercan is left with just 20,500.