Sam Greenwood defended his big blind against an opening raise from Behzad Ahadpour. The two saw a flop and with 3,000 in the middle, Greenwood put out a 1,300 bet. Ahadpour, who sits on his direct left, raised it up to 4,000 and Greenwood made the call.
He checked when the dealer tabled the on the turn. This time Ahadpour fired 6,000 and Greenwood called again. Both players checked when the completed the board.
Greenwood tabled and that was enough to win the hand. Ahadpour showed .
Patrick Leonard raised to 1,200 and Davidi Kitai three-bet to 3,800 out of the small blind, Leonard called. On the flop, Kitai bet 3,100 and Leonard raised to 7,000, Kitai tossed in the extra chips.
On the turn, Kitai checked and Leonard then bet 12,300. Kitai cut out chips for the call, but eventually only put in 7,300 - after Ben Heath mentioned that, the pot was checked and Kitai then added the missing 5,000. The fell on the river and Kitai checked, Leonard moved all in for around 45,000 and that forced a fold from his opponent.
Nick Petrangelo raised from the small blind, Pratyush Buddiga three-bet in the big blind and Petrangelo then four-bet to 7,000. Buddiga made it 17,000 to go and called the six-bet shove of Petrangelo.
Petrangelo:
Buddiga:
The board ran out and Petrangelo doubled for 45,075.
Niall Farrell was facing a 7,000 bet by Adrian Mateos in an 8,000 pot, with the board reading . Farrell took his time, before shoving his 22,550 remaining chips to the middle.
Now it was Mateos time to go in the tank. It took him several minutes, but eventually he made the call. Farrell showed for the nut flush. Mateos gasped and threw his , for a flopped straight, towards the muck.
In one of the very first hands of the new level, [Removed:17] got his short stack in with the and Martin Kozlov looked him up from one seat further with the . The board ran out nine-high and Yan was gone. Kozlov built his stack to around 30,000, but it didn't last long, as the Australian also busted soon after.
Picking up the action on the flop, Dan Shak checked in the hijack, Kozlov bet 2,400 and was called. On the turn, Shak check-called a bet of 6,500 and then checked again the river. Kozlov jammed for what looked like 16,000 and Shak called. The Aussie turned over , but Shak had that beat with for top pair.