Bryn Kenney raised and then four-bet shoved into the three-bet of Christoph Vogelsang. The German, who had squeezed to 85,000 out of the small blind, snap-called for a total of 377,000 and held the superior pocket pair.
Vogelsang:
Kenney:
There was no help on the board and Kenney lost more than one third of his stack.
Timothy Adams was a bit more tricky and just flat-called a raise to 26,000 by Igor Kurganov. On the flop, Adams check-raised from 18,000 to 45,000 and then shoved the turn for 125,000. Kurganov called and found himself in bad shape with top pair.
Adams:
Kurganov:
A blank turn changed nothing whatsoever and Adams doubled up his short stack.
From the cutoff, Mike McDonald made it 27,000 to go. From the small blind, Mikita Badziakouski shoved all in for exactly 200,000. His big blind neighbor Mustapha Kanit asked for a count, and then called. McDonald was quick to fold.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Mustapha Kanit:
The board ran out and the start of day chipleader made his exit.
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In a battle of the blinds, the flop was checked through between John Juanda and Christoph Vogelsang. On the turn, Juanda bet 16,000 and was called before firing another 38,000 on the river. Vogelsang called and then mucked once Juanda showed the for top set.
Action folded to Christoph Vogelsang on the button, and he made it 28,000 to go. From the small blind Ali Reza Fatehi pushed all in for about 400,000 and action was on Timothy Adams in the big blind. Adams called all in for 310,000 and Vogelsang was quick to fold.
Timothy Adams:
Ali Reza Fatehi:
The board came and with the rivered queen, Fatehi knocked out his neighbor Adams.
Stephen Chidwick just picked up over a half million chips without having to see a flop.
Mike McDonald started the action with raise to 27,000 from the cutoff. Chidwick raised the small blind to 95,000 and Ole Schemion came in with a four-bet from the big blind, making it 212,000.
McDonald started down Schemion for a full two minutes before firing in a fifth-bet, making it 350,000, but it was Chidwick he should have been concerned with, as he promptly six-bet shoved for 855,000 total.
Schemion quickly folded, and after less than a minute McDonald relented with a smile, allowing Chidwick to move up among the leaders without showdown.
Joining the action on the turn with around 180,000 chips in the pot, Max Silver checked in the small blind and so did Sergey Lebedev in early position. Ali Reza Fatehi now made it 162,000 to go on the button and Silver called, Lebedev folded.
The came on the river and Silver checked, Fatehi quickly announced all in. "How much?" Silver asked and the dealer counted out 482,000 chips to see the Brit call soon after. Fatehi jumped up from his chair and announced nuts, then flipping over . Silver quietly mucked his for the inferior flush and lost heaps of his stack.