The action folded to Mauricio Salazar Sanchez in the cutoff who opened for 3,500 and only Kayhan Mokri made the call from the big blind.
On the flop of K♥10♠2♥, Mokri check-called a bet of 3,500 from Salazar Sanchez. The A♠ hit the turn and Mokri checked a second time. Salazar Sanchez sized to 10,000, and without much thought, Mokri let his cards go.
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen is proving to be a force to be reckoned with on the poker felt and more recently added chips after making a tough river call.
In a heads-up pot between [Removed:428] in the hijack and Carlsen in the cutoff, both players checked on the board of K♦A♠J♥3♠. The 6♣ river completed the board and Maloku fired a bet of 6,500.
Carlsen went deep into the tank for several minutes and sat perfectly still behind a pair of dark sunglasses. Eventually, Carlsen called. Maloku showed Kx9x for a pair of kings, but he was out-kicked by Carlsen's K♠Q♥ for the chess pro to take the pot.
Rintaro Kagawa raised to 3,500 in the hijack and Sirzat Hissou called on the button. The flop came 10♣3♣2♠ and Kagawa continued with a bet of 6,000. Hissou called and the 6♥ landed on the turn.
Kagawa fired out another bet of 15,000 and Hissou jammed all in for around 47,000. Kagawa went into the tank for over a minute but eventually decided to send his cards to the muck.
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— Romain Lewis (@RomainLewis)
The action folded to Hala Karam in the cutoff who moved all in for 32,000. Romain Lewis was next to act on the button and re-jammed for close to 160,000. The blinds quickly folded and the cards were on their backs.
Hala Karam: A♥K♠
Romain Lewis: A♦Q♣
Karam got it in as good as she could hope for, and when the board ran out K♦8♠5♣Q♦K♥, the ace-king for Karam held up to score a full double up off Lewis.
Sylvain Loosli opened to 3,500 on the button and Timothy Adams defended from the big blind. The flop came Q♣5♣4♣ and Adams check-called a bet of 2,500 from Loosli. The turn brought the 4♥ and Adams was forced to fold to a bet of 8,500.
On the next hand, Adams raised to 6,500 in the small blind and Jack Germaine called from the big blind. The flop fell A♠K♦8♠ and both players checked to the 8♦ on the turn.
Adams sized up a bet of 12,000 on the turn and Germaine stuck around for the 4♥ on the river. Adams splashed in a bet of 32,000 and Germaine finally released his cards.
In a heads-up battle between the blinds, David Li-Zheng checked on the flop of 10♦3♣10♣ and Nacho Barbero checked back.
Li-Zheng led out for 4,000 on the 9♥ turn and Barbero called. Li-Zheng then bet 6,500 on the 8♣ river and Barbero called, only to muck when Li-Zheng showed 7♥6♠ for a rivered straight.
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