For those that haven't seen Mikhail Korotkikh in action yet, he does like to celebrate double ups quite loudly for the entire tournament room to hear. This just happened again, though this time it was even a triple up. Arriving on the turn, Dong Zhao and Alexander Uskov checked and floor staff confirmed that Korotkikh had been all in before the flop for 69,800 with both opponents calling.
They also checked the river five minutes into the break and Zhao flashed , Uskov the . What followed was the loud scream by Korotkikh, who tabled for the win!
A few minutes ago, Mikita Badziakouski and Stephen Chidwick checked down the river of a board and Chidwick showed jack-high, Badziakouski took the pot with his .
Then, a few minutes later, the flop came and Badziakouski checked. Chidwick bet 11,000 and folded to a check-raise worth 35,000 by the Belorussian.
Timothy Adams and Fady Kamar have been eliminated with the former under unknown circumstances and the latter in a three-way all in of three pocket pairs.
Sam Chartier opened and Fady Kamar called before short stack Shaan Siddiqui got his last 14,700 in. Chartier and Kamar also got their stacks in after that and Chartier had the biggest stack and both opponents at risk with the best hand.
Siddiqui:
Kamar:
Chartier:
The flop and turn changed nothing whatsoever, but the river gave Siddiqui a set and the triple up while Chartier took the side pot by knocking out Kamar.
The action started with a raise to 4,800 by Zvi Stern and the November Niner found three callers in Keith Johnson, David Dayan and Quan Zhou. In the small blind, Marko Neumann moved all in for 34,700 and Stern flat-called only to see Johnson then move in as well for around 65,000. Stern called and put the two short stacks at risk once Dayan and Zhou had folded.
Neumann:
Johnson:
Stern:
"Oh, that's slightly difficult, diamonds please," Neumann said. Instead, the flop came and Johnson stood up from his chair ready to leave. Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Stern soared up to more than half a million.
Jason Wheeler doubled up for 26,400 through Paul Bryne after winning a flip with versus on a board of and had only a few big blinds left.
The next hand, Thomas Popov opened to 5,400 and Byrne shoved. Sergey Lebedev reshoved from one seat over and Popov called.
Byrne:
Popov:
Lebedev:
The board ran out and Popov doubled up for slightly less than starting stack to bust Byrne and leave Lebedev short. Faraz Jaka busted at almost the same time on another table.
Alexander Uskov made it 5,200 and Chance Kornuth, who won the €10,000 High Roller at the beginning of the Grand Final schedule shipped it relatively short.
Grzegorz Grochulski then woke up with a hand behind him and pushed all in himself. Uskov let it go and the hands were revealed.
Felipe Ramos had Preben Stokkan at risk with and his opponent from Norway one over card in the . Stokkan immediately paired up on the flop, but Ramos still had some outs as any jack or running spades would give him the better hand.
The turn bricked, as did the river, and the pot was shipped to Stokkan.
turn, Dong Zhao and Alexander Uskov checked and floor staff confirmed that Korotkikh had been all in before the flop for 69,800 with both opponents calling.
river five minutes into the break and Zhao flashed 
, Uskov the 
. What followed was the loud scream by Korotkikh, who tabled 
for the win!
and Chidwick showed jack-high, Badziakouski took the pot with his 
.
and Badziakouski checked. Chidwick bet 11,000 and folded to a check-raise worth 35,000 by the Belorussian.
flop and 
turn changed nothing whatsoever, but the 
and Johnson stood up from his chair ready to leave. Neither the 
versus 
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river, and the pot was shipped to Stokkan.
