Jun Tang opened to 800 from the cutoff and Jose Villen Pasadas three-bet out of the small blind to 2,400. Tang called.
Both players checked the K♦A♠8♣ flop to see the 3♥ come on the turn. Pasadas led out for 1,600 which Tang called.
Pasadas chose to check the J♠ river and then faced a bet of 3,600 from Tang. Pasadas check-raised to 12,000 which prompted a fold from Tang.
In a heads-up pot on a board of 9♣Q♣K♠J♠5♦, Pierre Zagorski bet 10,000 and Victor Castanedo raised to 29,000 with just a handful of black 100-chips behind. Zagorski re-raised all in and Castanedo quickly called.
Zagorski showed A♦10♦ for Broadway before Castanedo revealed the same holding with A♠10♣ as the two chopped the pot with the stone nuts.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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Benjamin Spragg raised to 700 from middle position. He was called by Cyril Beudou, Kristaps Deksnis, and Martins Sulte.
All four players checked the K♠Q♥6♣ flop to see the Q♠ come on the turn. After Sulte checked, Spragg fired out a bet of 2,100 and found folds from all of his opponents.
Damian Gotuzzo and Adi Alkalay got into a raising war that ended with Gotuzzo jamming a stack of 30,000 and Alkalay calling.
Damian Gotuzzo: A♣A♦
Adi Alkalay: A♥K♠
Gotuzzo's aces were far in front and Alkalay couldn't pull ahead despite flopping a king as the board ran out 8♣3♠K♥J♠2♠. Alkalay thought he was eliminated but sat back down when he saw he had a few chips left.
With the board showing K♠10♠7♦7♣3♠, Krzysztof Grubka bet out for 1,600 from the blinds and Didier Galliot called from early position. Andraz Gognjavec then raised to 7,000. Grubka thought it over briefly before folding, but Galliot put in the call. Gognjavec turned over 10♥10♦ for a full house to win the pot
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