Moraes Takes from Kolonias
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Rafael da Silva Moraes first lost some chips and then got them back against Max Silver by firing two barrels worth 90,000 on the 
flop and 150,000 on the 
turn. Silver check-called the first one but check-folded to the second.
Then, Alexandros Kolonias opened to 100,000 from the small blind and Moraes called. The flop fell 
and Kolonias continued for 70,000, which the Brazilian called. On the 
turn, Kolonias checked and then called the 160,000-bet by Moraes before checking again the 
river.
Moraes announced all in and Kolonias asked him if he had any green chips behind. Moraes shook his head and counted out the all in for 654,000 in total. That was about half the stack of Kolonias and resulted in a fold of the Greek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,334,000 | 434,000 |
|
1,300,000 | -80,000 |
|
1,070,000 | -130,000 |
, Alexandru Papazian bet 90,000 and Stern called, [Removed:2] folded.
fell on the turn and Papazian bet 225,000. Stern glanced over at the stack of his opponent and then moved all in to put Papazian at risk for around 600,000, which received a snap-call by the Romanian.
river was a blank and Papazian doubled up for 594,000 to see Stern drop back below two million in chips.
and Stern check-called a bet of 75,000.
hit and again Stern checked. This time Maksoud bet 145,000 and the Israeli former November Niner made the call.
and now both players checked.
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. Both checked and Papazian then bet the 
turn for 55,000. Stern called before they checked down the 
river.
for ace-high and Stern was about to muck, but then checked his cards again. "Oh wait, I am good, I thought I had king-six," the start-of-the-day chip leader said and tabled the winning 
.
fell on the turn and Silver checked for a second time.
river. Silver checked, Kolonias bet 400,000 with around 440,000 behind and Silver eventually let go.
. Moraes checked again, and Silver now bet 100,000. After a while Moraes called, putting 
on the turn.
river for 100,000. Some small talk followed and Derwiche agreed to show his cards if Stern would show as well. Eventually, he had to show as Stern tank-called and Derwiche nodded and flashed 
when we saw Zvi Stern bet 75,000 from the big blind and Anthony Zinno made the call from the button. On the river the 
