Several players from Belarus and entered the fray alongside Davidi Kitai, while Dawid Smolka was eliminated soon after taking his seat.
Several players from Belarus and entered the fray alongside Davidi Kitai, while Dawid Smolka was eliminated soon after taking his seat.
Fahredin Mustafov checked a heads-up river of ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
after which Orpen Kisacikoglu bet 22,000 with one single T-500 chip behind. The call by Mustafov followed and Kisacikoglu tabled the ![]()
for a bluff, which Mustafov had beat holding ![]()
.
One hand thereafter, Kisacikoglu was all-in from under the gun and Mustafov raised big from the small blind to isolate.
Orpen Kisacikoglu: ![]()
![]()
Fahredin Mustafov: ![]()
![]()
Neither player connected with the ![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
board and Kisacikoglu was eliminated to re-enter almost immediately.
Following an open raise by Sirzat Hissou in middle position, Pedro Neves three-bet to 15,000 in the cutoff. The trio of players behind folded and Hissou came along to the ![]()
![]()
flop.
Hissou opted to check, which led to a bet worth 9,000 by the 2023 PCA Main Event runner-up. What followed was Hissou's check-raise to 25,000 and that won the pot right there without any further resistance.
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Upon completion of level four, all 48 remaining players out of 54 entries have been sent on a scheduled 20-minute break. Another four levels are to be played before all those with chips at their disposal bag and tag for the night.
Joining the action on a flop of ![]()
![]()
, Kayhan Mokri went for a check-raise from 5,000 to 17,500 and Jorryt van Hoof came along to the
on the turn. Mokri now used a time bank extension before he bet 60,500, which won the pot without any further resistance.
Out of a field of 53 entries, only Stephen Chidwick and Thomas Eychenne have reentered after their first bullets were not crowned by success. South Korea's Daewoong Song and Mark Hammond joined the list of early casualties and have one more chance to enter, while several new entries have emerged lately.
Andre Akkari bet the heads-up turn of ![]()
![]()
![]()
when checked to by Jorryt van Hoof in the big blind. The Dutchman called out of the big blind and the
fell on the river. This time, no further betting action took place and van Hoof won the pot with ![]()
for the top pair.