There was some commotion at Table 3 as Christopher Chaudey played a heads-up pot against Yann Helwig on a board of 7♥3♠3♣4♣9♦.
Chaudey bet 7,000 on the river and Helwig paid him off as Chaudey turned over [3h3ds] for flopped quads.
"I promise, before the flop I was praying for quads!" Chaudey said as he raked in the pot.
In a heads-up pot with just over 50,000 in the middle on a completed board showing 8♦6♦5♦2♦A♠, Danielle Noja bet 18,000 from the hijack and Aleksejs Ponakovs moved all in for 120,000 next to act. Noja went deep in the tank, contemplating for several minutes.
"Sorry guys I don't usually take this long," said Noja as he was deep in thought.
After close to three minutes, Noja reluctantly let his cards go and the pot was sent to Ponakovs.
"Pick a card," said Ponakovs to Noja who gladly accepted and picked the card nearest to him. Ponakovs rolled over the A♦ and Noja was relieved to have picked the card confirming he made a good fold.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
On the last hand of the level at the feature table, picking up the action on a flop of 5♠4♠5♥ and a pot of about 50,000:
Artur Martirosian checked from the cutoff to Andriy Lyubovetskiy on the button, who took his time to bet 25,000. Martirosian called to see the 3♠ on the turn. This time he opted to lead out for 20,000, which Lyubovetskiy called.
The river brought the 2♣ and Martirosian jammed for 266,750, having Lyubovetskiy well covered. Lyubovetskiy took an extended visit to the tank, apologizing to the table for taking so long, before committing his last 96,500 to the pot and revealing A♦A♣ for a wheel.
Martirosian rolled over 2♠2♦ for rivered deuces-full to take the pot, sending Lyubovetskiy to the rail just before the break. With that pot, Martirosian joined those at the top of the leaderboard.
The remaining 189 players have stepped out for another 20-minute break. The action will resume shortly.
Martin Guerrero limped in from early position and it folded around to Michael Rodrigues on the button who limped in as well. The small blind folded and Olivier Paris checked his option from the big blind.
The flop came J♣4♣2♥ and action checked to Rodrigues who tossed out a bet of 5,000. Paris quickly folded and Guerrero came along to the 6♦ turn.
Both players checked to the 7♦ river and Guerrero elected to lead out for a bet of 15,000. Rodrigues pondered for a moment before making the call and Guerrero tabled 9♣9♦. Rodrigues double-checked his cards before sending them to the muck and the pot was shipped to Guerrero.
Picking up the action on the turn, Aliaksandr Shylko and Yiannis Liperis were involved in a hand with a little less than 30,000 in the middle. The board read 7♠6♦5♦4♣ and Shylko led out with a bet of 7,000 from the big blind. Liperis raised to 27,000 and Shylko clicked it back to 64,000 which Liperis called.
The 6♠ paired the board on the river and Shylko pushed out a bet of 90,500, leaving just a single big blind behind. Liperis dipped into the tank and eventually, the clock was called. As time was running out, Liperis stuck in a call and Shylko turned over 9♣8♥ for the nut straight to scoop the pot.
Luis Faria opened to 5,500 from under the gun and Weijie Zheng called on the button before [Removed:449] also called out of the big blind.
Sadeghpourfard checked on the flop of 5♥Q♠5♣ and Faria continued for 6,000. Zheng and Sadeghpourfard both folded.
Nicola Grieco raised to 10,000 in the cutoff and Mike Watson reraised to 36,000 out of the small blind. Grieco called and the flop of J♣8♥2♦ was spread on the felt.
Watson led out with a bet of 45,000 and Grieco mulled it over for a minute before dispatching his cards. Watson became the new table captain and one of the leaders in the entire field.
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