Ferenc Riech raised to 12,000 and Mogens Hansen three-bet to 25,000 from one seat over. Riech stared at his opponent and made the call, they headed to the flop . Riech check-called a bet of 25,000 and both players then slowed down and checked through the turn and river.
Riech's for aces and eights scooped the pot, as Hansen only had the .
Paul Ward raised to 15,000 from the cutoff and Karib Yustinus shoved for 92,000 from the small blind. Ward made the call for half his stack and held the dominating pocket pair:
Yustinus:
Ward:
The flop changed nothing just yet, but the turn now opened the chance of a straight for Yustinus. Sure enough the dealer burned and turned the on the river and Yustinus doubled up.
"I am banana," Robert Nguyen joked in the one seat after just having raked in a huge pot and sent Ferenc Riech to the rail. Nguyen had been the most active player at the table and showed bluffs at least twice, also pretending to be on tilt while listening to music on his headphones.
Just now, Nguyen opened and called the three-bet to 34,000 before the flop came . Nguyen check-called a bet of 28,000 before both checked through the turn. On the river, Nguyen moved all in instantly, which he had done previously already with the nuts to double up.
Riech had 108,000 chips behind and pondered about his decision for some time, then eventually called and much to the surprise of everyone at the table flipped over for a bluff catcher. This time, Nguyen had it again with the for a flush and jumped into the lead.
"He cannot call there with king-high," Vic Spadavecchia said in the two seat while Najeem Ajez replied "if he is bluffing, the king-high is good." The German left the tournament area, but not without saying "if he continues like this (Nguyen), you will have a lot of fun ahead."
The action folded to Asj Taylor and he moved all in from the cutoff for less than 10 big blinds. Paul Hoefer also moved all in from the button and the players in the blinds folded.
Taylor:
Hoefer:
The flop improved Taylor, but Hoefer regained the lead on the turn. A blank river sent the dealer to verify the counts and Taylor's 67,000 stack was covered by half a big blind.
Robert Nguyen bet 55,000 on the turn of a board and Najeem Ajez eventually folded. Nguyen this time only showed one card and it was the . Table neighbor Vic Spadavecchia asked him to also show the but Nguyen didn't oblige.
Michael Tomeny then raised to 18,000 and Spadavecchia moved all in. The dealer counted the stack for 94,000 chips and Tomeny folded, because his opponent had not played any hand as of lately.