On the first hand back from the break, Pablo Navarro shipped all in from under the gun. Andre Marques peeled his cards in the big blind and called off his stack of 1,250,000.
Andre Marques:
Pablo Navarro:
The flop of provided a sweat with Navarro picking up some counterfeit outs. However, the and runout bricked off and Marques doubled up.
Andre Marques raised it up to 250,000 on the button and Pablo Navarro three-bet to 900,000 in the small blind.
It folded back to the Portuguese, who pondered about his decision for a while to then push all-in. Navarro beat him into the pot with a snap-call in a fraction of a second.
Andre Marques:
Pablo Navarro:
Marques continued Ren Lin's "Lady Gaga" tune and spiked one of them on the flop, leaving Navarro quite frustrated. Neither the turn nor the river provided the three-outer and Marques doubled for 2,620,000 to take the lead.
Andre Marques just gave Pablo Navarro a walk on the short stack but then shoved all in on the button. Navarro called off his stack of around 900,000 in the small blind and Kayhan Mokri folded his big blind.
Pablo Navarro:
Andre Marques:
The flop came and Marques picked up a pair of eights to take the lead. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing, sending Navarro home in fourth place. He will also be adding €12,500 in bounties to his total.
Kayhan Mokri stole the blinds and big blind ante once with a raise for almost all of his chips.
He then defended against a min-raise by Pedro Garagnani and check-folded the flop to a bet worth 150,000.
Soon after, Andre Marques limped the small blind and Mokri checked the option from the big blind. The flop saw Marques with a bet of 110,000, shy of the minimum, but it didn't matter as Mokri quickly folded anyways.
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Pedro Garagnani raised to 240,000 on the button and Kayhan Mokri defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Mokri checked to Garagnani who bet 130,000. Mokri check-raised to 265,000 and Garagnani called.
The landed on the turn and Mokri checked again. Garagnani threw in a small bet of 205,000 and Mokri just called this time. The river was the and both players quickly tapped the table. Mokri tabled for a pair of sixes and the best hand.
Kayhan Mokri opened to 270,000 out of the small blind and Pedro Garagnani came along from the big blind. What followed were three barrels by Mokri. He made it 130,000 to go on the flop and Garagnani stuck around.
Both repeated the same action on the turn for 230,000 and that led them to the on the river. Garagnani had 1,180,000 behind at that point and Mokri used 25 seconds of his shot clock before moving all-in with the covering stack.
One time bank was used by the Brazilian, who then eventually called it off. Mokri tabled the for aces and treys, which beat the of Garagnani. The Norwegian redeemed his next bounty right away to add another €7,500, bringing his bounty total up to €105,000 for the day.
Both remaining players will now take a very short break, after which Andre Marques continues with a small lead over Mokri in the duel for the trophy.
Andre Marques limped in on the button and Kayhan Mokri checked his option. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Mokri checked again and Marques made a full pot-sized bet of 450,000. Mokri called and the completed the board. Mokri checked once more and Marques counted out a bet of 1,800,000. Mokri deliberated for a minute before dropping in the chips to call.
Marques turned over for two pair and Mokri was unable to beat it, losing a large portion of his chips in the early going.
Kayhan Mokri limped the button and called a raise to 500,000 by Andre Marques in the big blind.
On the flop, Marques continued for 300,000 and Mokri folded.
The Norwegian then gave Mokri a walk before the latter limped the his button again. Marques knuckled it back and they checked to the river. The 300,000 bet by Marques was paid off by Mokri, who couldn't beat for a pair of sixes.