Talvitie Has the Higher Kicker
Level 7
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu raised to 8,5000 from the button and Elias Talvitie defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Talvitie check-called the 10,000 continuation-bet of Kisacikoglu.
The turn brought them the 
, now Talvitie check-called the 28,000 bet of Kisacikoglu.
The river completed the board with the 
. Talvitie checked for the last time. Kisacikoglu continued with another bet, now for 27,000. Talvitie took some time and then decided to make the call. Kisacikoglu turned over 
to play the board and was beaten by Talvitie's 
with the higher kicker in his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
683,000 | 233,000 |
|
495,000 | -245,000 |
, Dvoress now bet 52,000 and Xu tank-folded in the end and handed in a time bank card to the dealer.
and lost to the 
of Orpen Kisacikoglu when an ace hit on the flop.
on the flop and the 
on the river completed the board and now Talvitie bet 6,000 after Winkler had checked. Winkler was curious enough to make the call and the muck when he saw Talvitie had flopped the straight with the 
.
was smashing 
turn brought some sweats. The 
river was clean for the Turkish player.
, Dvoress checked, Tran glanced at Dvoress' stack and bet 25,000. Dvoress shoved for 59,000 in total and Tran snap-called.
for the flush draw but was behind against the 
of Tran who had turned trip treys.
which didn't change the situation and Dvoress was done for now. Tran started singing his version of "Guantanamera" (which he has been doing occasionally throughout the day) from happiness.
big blind Ahadpur Khangah and cutoff Andras Nemeth got in a raising war that ended with the latter all in for 393,000.
