Scott Margereson raised under the gun to 2,700, receiving calls from the cutoff and button. Andrei-Cristian Folescu moved all in from the big blind for 10,200, Margereson isolated the raise with a four-bet jam himself and both other players folded.
Andrei-Cristian Folescu: 7♠7♥
Scott Margereson: A♠Q♥
The board ran out Q♣2♥3♠10♠2♣. The flopped queen sent Folescu to the rail.
Krystian Lisowski raised on the button to 2,500, receiving calls from the the small blind and Valentin Cristea in the big blind.
Action checked to Lisowski who continued for 1,500 on a flop of 8♥K♠4♠. Only Cristea called.
The 2♣ turn checked through to the 10♥ on the river. Cristea took the lead betting out for 7,100, leaving himself just 5,000 behind.
Lisowski went into the tank but ultimately made the call. Cristea tabled K♥9♣, winning himself the pot with a pair of kings.
Emrah Yildiz raised to 2,600 from under the gun. He was called by Jesus Garcia and Ricardo Maio in the big blind.
The flop came A♦5♦7♥. Maio checked and Yildiz bet 2,100. Garcia folded and Maio called. The turn was the 8♠. Maio checked again and Yildiz bet 8,000, which Maio called.
The river was the K♣. Maio checked and Yildiz moved all in for 16,500. Maio made the fold and Yildiz scooped the pot.
The hijack opened to 2,500, Ali Reza Fatehi moved all in from the small blind for 15,300 and Roberto Olsen four-bet jammed from the big blind, covering both players. The original raiser folded.
Ali Reza Fatehi: A♦J♥
Roberto Olsen: J♦J♣
The board ran out Q♠4♠7♦7♠2♥. Olsen's jacks held to send Fatehi to the rail.
Jun Beum Chun raised to 2,500 from early position and picked up calls from Balakrishna Patur, Asad Klein, and the player in the big blind.
The flop came 10♥9♠J♦. Action checked to Klein, who threw in his last 2,500 chips. Both Chun and Patur called.
The turn came the 4♦ and both players checked. The river was the 7♥. Chun checked and Patur fired out a bet of 10,000. Chun folded.
Klein showed A♦4♥ and Patur turned over 8♠8♦ for a rivered straight. He won the pot and Klein was eliminated.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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In a blind versus blind confrontation, the pot stood at 6,000 as the board read 4♣8♥7♦2♣.
Joyce Philip Yuma, in the small blind, check-called a bet of 3,800 from Jorge Enrique Ramella Piriz in the big.
The Q♠ fell on the river and Yuma now elected to lead for 2,600. Piriz raised to 16,200 and Yuma snap-called.
Piriz tabled 10♦6♣ while Yuma held the winner with Q♦4♠, for two pair.
Action folded around to Stepan Khachaturyan, who pushed all in from late position for 11,700. Santiago Varela Gonzales made the call and had Khachaturyan covered.
Stepan Khachaturyan: A♥4♣
Santiago Varela Gonzales: 9♦9♥
The board ran out 5♦J♠3♣3♦Q♠. Gonzales held with his pocket nines to win the pot and eliminate Khachaturyan.
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