Dinh Nguyen three-bet to 2,500 in the small blind and Haris Rizvanovic called in the cutoff.
Nguyen continued for 3,600 on the 3♠7♣Q♣ flop and Rizvanovic called. The turn was the 9♠ and Nguyen bet 7,000.
Rizvanovic again called to see the J♣ river as both players slowed down and checked. Nguyen turned over A♥A♦, but Rizvanovic had Q♥J♦ for a rivered two pair to win the pot.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Players are going on the first 20-minute break of the day.
The field has grown to 437 entries so far on Day 1a, with 419 players remaining.
Four players each put in 2,500 before the flop as the dealer spread out 8♠8♥4♠. Mario Trattou then led out for 3,900 in the small blind, Jussi Hietalahti folded the big blind, Gonzalo Gottlieb called in early position, and Timur Margolin folded in the hijack.
Trattou checked the Q♣ turn and Gottlieb bet 2,000. Trattou called to the 3♥ river, where Gottlieb moved all in. Trattou quickly called for his last 13,000 and Gottlieb turned over 9♥9♣.
Trattou tossed 7♣7♠ into the muck as he made his exit.
Gonzalo Gottlieb raised from the button and Jiaming Zhao three-bet to 2,200 from the small blind, which Gottlieb called.
The flop came Q♦8♣10♦ and Zhao checked. Gottlieb bet 1,700 and Zhao called. The turn was the 9♥ and Zhao checked again. Gottlieb bet 3,000 and Zhao folded.
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Agustin Naranja raised to 500 from middle position, Kostya Zaks three-bet to 1,500 and Naranja called.
Both players checked it on the 2♦Q♦8♥ flop. The turn was the 9♣ and Zaks bet 3,000, which was enough for Naranja to make the fold.
Pavlos Xanthopoulos opened to 500 from the cutoff. Ankit Ahuja called in the small blind and FIodor Martino defended the big blind.
The 8♣Q♣4♠ was checked around as was the K♣ turn. The 3♣ river brought in a four liner to a flush. No players fancied betting at the pot and they all checked. Ahuja tabled Q♠10♠ which was good enough to take the pot.
Stefano Schiano had a raise of 1,500 in front of him from the cutoff before Andriy Lyubovetskiy reraised to 4,500 in the big blind. Schiano called and they went heads-up to the J♠J♣3♦ flop.
Lyubovetskiy continued for 3,500 and Schiano called. The turn was the 2♥ and Lyubovetskiy bet 6,000. Schiano called once more to see the 7♦ river.
Lyubovetskiy then moved all in and Schiano, with around 17,000 remaining, snap-folded.
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