Andrew Chen got the betting underway with a raise to 130,000 from early position and the action folded to Davidi Kitai in the cutoff. He looked down and found ace-king in the hole and he three-bet to 285,000! With the action back on him Chen four-bet to 665,000 despite holding an offsuit queen-nine. Kitai stared down his sole opponent before five-betting to 1,285,000 and Chen quickly got out of the way.
Marc Wright opened to 125,000 from under the gun with with and the action folded to Davidi Kitai in the small blind. He three-bet to 290,000 with . and was surprised when Bahadir Kilickeser cold-called from the big blind (). Wright folded and the other two saw a flop.
Kitai seemed to hate the texture of the flop and check-folded to a 310,000 bet.
Bahadir Kilickeser has slid down the chip counts after running a bluff against Andrew Chen when Chen held trips!
Chen opened the betting with a raise to 130,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Kilickeser two seats to his left who was holding and decided to call. The dealer fanned out the flop and Chen fired a continuation bet of 200,000 only to see Kilickeser raise to 500,000. Chen quickly called and the dealer put out the on the turn.
Chen, who had in his hand, checked his trips and as soon as he had done Kilickeser bet 500,000 and Chen wasted no time in calling. The river was the and Chen checked again. Kilickeser bet just 500,000 into the 2,920,000 pot and Chen almost instantly called and took down the sizeable pot.
The final British player in the field, Marc Wright, has been eliminated by Davidi Kitai and the latter takes a massive chip lead moving forward.
Wright opened to 125,000 from early position and called when Kitai three-bet to 285,000. The flop came and Kitai continued for 235,000. Call. The turn came and Kitai's second barrel for 550,000 was treated to an all-in for 2,890,000 from Wright.
Kitai tanked for more than five minutes as Wright sat there fidgeting in his seat from one position to another. Eventually he made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Kitai: for top pair.
Wright: for a double gutshot draw.
The river came and Wright looked disappointed as he left the stage. Kitai will take some stopping now.
From under the gun César García opened to 125,000 with and to his direct left Mario Puccini made the call with the in his hand. We will never know what the other hole card was because when the action folded to Andrew Chen on the button he squeezed to 275,000 and both opponents folded.
From early position, César García raised to 125,000 with the . Davidi Kitai reraised to 265,000 from the big blind with the . García jammed all in for over 1.2 million and Kitai folded.
Andrew Chen opened to 130,000 with and when the action was on Bahadir Kilickeser moved all in for 1,485,000 holding . Chen gave him a sideways glance and we thought he was going to make the loose call but he got out of the way and Kilickeser mucked his hand.
Bahadir Kilickeser is unconventional but he sure is fun to watch.
He was sat in the big blind with and defended a 130,000 button raise from Andrew Chen holding .
The flop fell and Kilickeser checked to face a 180,000 c-bet. He check-called and faced a 350,000 bet on the turn when he checked again. Chen fired again for 350,000 and it looked as if Kilickeser was going to make a move but he decided aginast it and folded.