Five players saw a flop of 8♦6♠Q♥ when Alexandru Dumitra bet 600 from the hijack. Alex O'Brien then raised to 2,600 in the cutoff.
The table folded back to Dumitra who called to see the A♣ turn. O'Brien then bet 2,000 and Dumitra again called.
The river was the A♥ and Dumitra led out for 3,500. O'Brien called and Dumitra showed K♦6♣ for just king-high, while O'Brien had Q♠J♠ as the poker writer took the pot.
Heads-up on a flop of 8♥4♠8♣, Ayush Gandhi bet 1,500 from middle position and Octavian Tarcau called on the button.
The turn was the 10♥ and Gandhi bet 3,100. Tarcau again called and the J♥ fell on the river. Gandhi then bet 6,200, and Tarcau folded this time.
Aaron Barone recently took his seat in the field, as did Javier Zarco.
Around 10,000 was already in the middle as Thomas Clack and Lucas Alexander went to the river on a board of K♥10♥7♥6♦J♦. Clack then bet 3,400 from the small blind.
Alexander tanked for a few minutes but eventually shoved his entire stack of 16,100 in the middle. Clack also spent several minutes considering the decision until calling to put Alexander at risk.
Alexander showed A♣Q♥ for a straight, and Clack sent A♠K♣ into the muck as the current NPL leader handed over the double up.
Ayush Gandhi raised to 500 in middle position and was called by David McConachie in the cutoff and Octavian Tarcau on the button.
Gandhi continued for 1,200 on the 8♥3♦6♠ flop and only McConachie called. The turn was the 4♦ and Gandhi slowed down and checked to McConachie.
McConachie then bet 2,700, but Gandhi came back with a raise to 10,200. McConachie snap-folded and the defending champion took an early hit to his stack.
"PC" and Andrew Hulme built a pot of around 6,000 as they went to the turn on a board of 4♥6♠9♠9♥. "PC" then bet 4,000 from middle position and Hulme called in early position.
The river was the 7♠ and Hulme checked to his opponent again, and this time "PC" checked back. He showed A♠A♥, and Hulme mucked.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Heads-up on a flop of 8♠6♥5♠, Santino Dean bet 600 from the button and Alexandru Dumitra called under the tun.
Dean bet another 1,400 on the 5♥ turn and Dumitra again called. The river was the 3♠] and Dean bet 3,000. Dumitra folded this time and Dean took the pot.
Victor Ruzserrano bet 400 from the button on a flop of 4♣9♠A♣ and Nick Eastwood called in the small blind.
Both players checked the A♦ turn. Ruzserrano then bet 1,000 on the 3♠ river and Eastwood again called.
Both players hesitated before turning over their cards. "Come on, gents," tablemate Neil Wallace said, and Ruzserrano eventually showed K♦Q♥ for king-high. Eastwood turned over 4♠2♠ and won the pot with two pair.
"Now I see why you didn't want to show," Wallace added.
Ayush Gandhi three-bet to 1,300 on the button before Hamza Nasir four-bet to 4,000 in the hijack. Gandhi called and they went heads-up to the 5♦6♥3♥ flop.
Nasir then bet 2,200 and Gandhi called. Both players checked the 10♥ turn and the J♥ fell on the river.
Nasir then moved all in and Gandhi, with around 22,000 remaining, took a few seconds before folding.
Defending champion David McConachie just took his seat at this table, as did popular YouTuber Inaki Angulo.
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