In middle position, Fabrice Bigot raised to 1,800, and was called by both players in the blinds.
All three of them agreed on a check on the flop 5♦A♥4♦. On the turn 6♠, Vladas Tamasauskas took the lead and bet 5,000. Bigot was the only one to call.
On the river A♠, after Tamasauskas checked, Bigot bet 8,000. Tamasauskas didn't call and gave his cards to the dealer.
Julien Sitbon and Petar Kalev built a pot of around 32,000 as they headed to the river on a board of 3♦8♠Q♠7♠7♣. Sitbon, under the gun, then moved all in for 24,500.
"Show me if I fold? Only one," Kalev asked as he began tanking from the hijack.
"Show or no? Last chance," Kalev added as Sitbon remained silent throughout the interrogation. Kalev eventually called and Sitbon showed J♠10♠ for a flush. Kalev mucked and surrendered the double up.
At the same time at another table, Fabio Da Silva was all in for around 21,000 from early position and Michael Sullivan called in the small blind.
Fabio Da Silva: A♠A♣
Michael Sullivan: J♣J♠
Da Silva was a big favorite to double up with his aces as the board came 9♥4♣7♥9♣10♦, securing him the pot.
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Grigorii Rodin and Peng Yang were heads up on a board showing Q♠A♣6♥9♦4♦. Rodin fired a bet of 5,500 before Yang asked for a count of his remaining stack.
After seeing the 20,000 chips behind, Yang asked for all of it by betting enough to put Rodin all in. Rodin took a moment before committing the rest of his stack.
Grigorii Rodin: Q♥4♣
Peng Yang: A♠A♥
Rodin could not get away from his two pair on the river, falling to the flopped set of aces for Yang.
Damir Zhugralin raised to 1,600 in the hijack and Ivan Deyra called on the button before Carl Shaw moved all in for 16,800 in the small blind. Zhugralin folded, but Deyra called to put Shaw at risk.
Carl Shaw: A♦Q♥
Ivan Deyra: A♥10♥
Shaw had Deyra dominated but had to sweat the board as the 3♥4♥7♣ flop gave Deyra the nut flush draw. Deyra missed the 6♠ turn, while the 3♦ river secured the pot for Shaw and doubled him up just as the table was breaking.
Xixiang Luo raised to 1,600 from early position and picked up two callers before Florian Guimond moved all in from the small blind for 31,500. Luo called and the rest of the table folded. Players flipped their cards, with Guimond at risk.
Florian Guimond: A♥10♥
Xixiang Luo: A♠K♥
The board ran out A♦8♣J♣10♣2♠. Both players paired their ace on the flop and Luo was ahead with his king kicker until the turn brought Guimond two pair, aces and tens. He won the pot and doubled up his stack.
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