Dmitry Kataev was in the big blind tangling over a pot with Sorel Mizzi who had called a bet on the flop and was now looking at the turn of a board reading . Kataev bet 25,000 and Mizzi, eating some salmon and greens, made the call.
The river card was the and Kataev moved all in. Mizzi asked for a count and took another mouthful of lunch. The bet was 55,000. Mizziu thought it over while he took a few more bites of fish and as soon as he made the call Kataev stood up and flipped over his . Mizzi showed the to confirm Kataev’s elimination.
Jorn Walthaus opened with an early position raise. It folded over to Geoffrey Mooney who three-bet all in for 43,800. Action folded all of the way back around the table to Walthaus and he slid forward a call.
Walthaus:
Mooney:
Walthaus was in a dominating position and stayed that way through a run out. Mooney took to the rail and Walthaus increased his stack to 320,000.
Sunny Jung opened to 7,000 from late position and Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the small blind three-bet to 19,500. Back to Jung and he made the call.
The flop of was checked and they went to the turn card . A bet of 18,500 from Troyanovskiy was met with a raise to 40,000 from Jung. A brief pause and then Troyanovskiy mucked his hand.
Konstantin Pogodin and Byron Kaverman took a flop of in a raised pot. Pogodin checked over to Kaverman who fired out 8,500. Pogodin called to see fourth street.
The turn was the and Pogodin checked for a second time. Kaverman continued his aggression by betting 20,500. Pogodin stuck around once more, allowing the to finish off the community cards. Pogodin checked for a third time and Kaverman thought for about a minute before moving out 47,500. Pogodin instantly let go of his cards and Kaverman was awarded the pot.
With this win, Kaverman's stack is now up to about 190,000. Pogodin, on the other hand, has dropped down to 138,000.
Ami Barer was under the gun and he opened the action by raising to 6,000. Konstantin Pogodin called from the hijack and Mike McDonald followed along from the cutoff. Stephane Blouin was on the button and he took a look at his hole cards. He announced a three-bet to 22,500, allowing action to fold back to Barer.
Barer thought for a moment before moving what looked to be 231,000 total past the betting line. Pogodin and McDonald quickly folded, leaving action on Blouin to either call for his tournament life or fold. In the end, Blouin let his cards go and Barer pulled in the pot. He now has about 350,000 in chips.
Daniel Colman has been fairly quiet so far today but he opened a pot recently for 7,000 and made the call when Dong Guo raised him to 18,000.
Heads up to a flop of and Colman check called a bet of 13,000 from Guo. They both checked the turn card and when the river card came the Colman checked again. Guo threw out a bet of 35,000 which was about half his remaining stack. Colman went in the tank and spent close to five minutes going over the hand and studying Guo as he adopted various postures. It looked like he didn’t like it but in the end Colman folded and when it was over asked Guo about his hand.
“I got a hand. It couldn’t be a bluff, look how much I had left. Nice read.” Guo told him.
Approaching the money bubble it is understandable that players take their time making decisions and hands take longer to play out with so much at stake.
Amichai Barer in the cut-off and Maxim Prokhorov took a fair amount of time to reach the river of a board reading and that’s when the action slowed down even more. Barer had bet 16,500 and Prokhorov had raised him 35,000.
Barer sat in his seat, headphones on, staring at the side of Prokhorov’s head for a while. He then cut out various amounts of chips before putting them back and staring at the immobile Prokhorov some more. Sorel Mizzi got up from his seat to stretch his legs. The rest of the table watched on in silence.
Nothing happened for a bit more until the clock was eventually called. Barer was given a one minute countdown but did not move. With the count at two seconds he quickly checked his cards again, the count reached zero and his hand was declared dead.
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. Kataev bet 25,000 and Mizzi, eating some salmon and greens, made the call.
and Kataev moved all in. Mizzi asked for a count and took another mouthful of lunch. The bet was 55,000. Mizziu thought it over while he took a few more bites of fish and as soon as he made the call Kataev stood up and flipped over his 
. Mizzi showed the 
to confirm Kataev’s elimination.
run out. Mooney took to the rail and Walthaus increased his stack to 320,000.
was checked and they went to the turn card 
. A bet of 18,500 from Troyanovskiy was met with a raise to 40,000 from Jung. A brief pause and then Troyanovskiy mucked his hand.
in a raised pot. Pogodin checked over to Kaverman who fired out 8,500. Pogodin called to see fourth street.
and Pogodin checked for a second time. Kaverman continued his aggression by betting 20,500. Pogodin stuck around once more, allowing the 
to finish off the community cards. Pogodin checked for a third time and Kaverman thought for about a minute before moving out 47,500. Pogodin instantly let go of his cards and Kaverman was awarded the pot.
Colman checked again. Guo threw out a bet of 35,000 which was about half his remaining stack. Colman went in the tank and spent close to five minutes going over the hand and studying Guo as he adopted various postures. It looked like he didn’t like it but in the end Colman folded and when it was over asked Guo about his hand.
and that’s when the action slowed down even more. Barer had bet 16,500 and Prokhorov had raised him 35,000.