Reza Tabatabaei raised to 60,000 in the hijack seat and Mohsin Charania flicked in the call from the big blind. The flop was and Charania check-called a 100,000 Tabatabaei bet. The turn of was checked through and the last card was the . Charania took the betting lead for 80,000 and Tabatabaei made the call.
Tabatabaei
Charania
So it was a good call by Tabatabaei and he hauled in the pot.
Reza Mostafavi Tabatabaei has just told us that he would be preferred to be called Alex Mostafavi. So from now on when you see this name you know who we are referring to.
Andoni Larrabe Sánchez raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Mohsin Charania moved all-in from the button. Sanchez asked for the count, and after learning it was 471,000, decided to make the call.
Charania
Sanchez
Charania didn't feel lucky as he threw his player i.d card into the mix as well, but it was all for naught as he spiked his ace on the flop to secure his double up.
Mohsin Charania raised to 53,000 in the hijack seat and Lucille Cailly three-bet to 110,000 in the cutoff. Back to Charania and he made the four-bet to 220,000. Cailly studied his stack but eventually decided to fold.
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Pratyush Buddiga raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Rodrigo Caprioli three-bet to 115,000 on the button to end the action.
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Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Mohsin Charania closed him down with a 140,000 three-bet from the small blind.
Michael Dietrich raised to 50,000 on the button and Andoni Larrabe Sánchez called in the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. On the turn we saw the and Sanchez led for 65,000 with Dietrich making the call. The river is the and Sanchez led once more, this time for 125,000 and Dietrich paid his dues. Sanchez turned over for top pair and Dietrich mucked his hand.
I still can't quite believe the hand I saw that enabled Jesse Martin to double up.
Dan Abouaf raised to 56,000 from the cut-off and watched as Jesse Martin three-bet to 262,000 from the cut-off. Abouaf though for two minutes and then just called, to a few raised eyebrows from those not in the hand.
The flop fell and Abouaf moved all-in, snapped off by Martin.
As the cameras moved in to film, Martin told his opponent that he had a set. Abouaf's reply came, "Good for you."
Martin: for middle set.
Abouaf: for bottom pair!
The board ran out to make Abouaf trips, but it also filled up Martin.
No one could really believe what they just saw. It's not they're playing for €1.5 million or anything.
Intrepid reporter MarcC has just reported on one of the strangest double ups he had ever seen and it involved Dan Abouaf. A few hands later and we can report that Dan Abouaf is out. He moved all-in with pocket treys and was called by Rodrigo Caprioli holding pocket sevens. The board was three-less and Abouaf was out in 22nd place earning €40,000 for his troubles.
Tudor Grangure has just been eliminated from the feature table. We caught him just before he was handed his €40,000 consolation prize and he told us that he got it all-in pre flop holding , but Jason Wheeler woke up with to take all of his chips.