Mustafa Simsek was getting out of his chair and gathering his things, after his A♥J♠ was bested by Boris Tabiyev's 6♣6♠ on a runout of 2♦5♥2♥9♦Q♦.
Mustafa Simsek was getting out of his chair and gathering his things, after his A♥J♠ was bested by Boris Tabiyev's 6♣6♠ on a runout of 2♦5♥2♥9♦Q♦.
Alexander Neumann made it 1,000 to go from the hijack and Tonino Cardia called from the button before Gonzalo Pro made it 4,700 from the small blind. Neumann called, and Cardia folded.
On the 10♥7♠4♥ flop, Pro led out for 5,000, and Neumann made a quick call.
When the A♠ dropped on the turn, Pro fired again for 8,000, then Neumann put in the click to 17,500. It took just a few moments for Pro to fold, and Neumann was pushed the pot.
Wojciech Szczytkowski opened to 1,000 from middle position, and was faced with a three-bet to 3,000 by Ignas Jasinevicius in the hijack. Muhtar Taysi cold-called in the cutoff, and Szczytkowski came along for the ride.
On the K♥6♦6♣ flop, action was checked to Jasinevicius, who slid out a bet of 2,200, which only Szczytkowski called.
The J♥ hit on the turn, and Szczytkowski check-called versus a bet of 5,800 from his opponent.
The 10♦ river completed the board and was checked through.
Szczytkowski showed K♦Q♣ for top pair kings, but it was no good versus Jasinevicius' A♦K♣, the ace kicker sending him the pot.
Hasan Dogan made it 800 to go from early position and Grigoli Liklikadze made it 2,600 from the next seat. When it got back to Dogan, he called.
They went to a flop of 5♠7♦5♥ where Dogan check-called a bet of 2,800 from Liklikadze.
On the 3♣ turn, Dogan checked again, then Liklikadze fired 7,500. Dogan thought for around 90 seconds before he shoved his stack of about 20,000 into the middle, and Liklikadze let his hand go.
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Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
A monstrous pot of around 31,000 had already developed in a hand between Haiyang Yang under the gun and Grigory Zima in the next seat.
The completed board read J♦7♣5♦4♥8♣. Yang jammed for around 20,000, sending Zima, who had 15,100 behind, deep into the tank.
After around two minutes of thought, Zima made the call. Yang showed 10♦2♦ for the missed flopped flush draw, while Zima had J♠4♠ for the turned two pair, sending a full double-up to the Russian.
There were already around 30,000 chips in the pot on a board of 8♦5♠3♦J♦ when Marios Stefani checked, and Neel Murthy fired 10,000. Stefani responded with an all-in wager, and Murthy snap-called.
Marios Stefani: A♦A♣
Neel Murthy: 9♦6♦
Murthy had a flush but Stefani had outs as another diamond on the river would give him a bigger flush. However, it wasn't to be for Stefani as the J♣ river meant he was eliminated.
"That's 1-1. He cracked my aces earlier, now I cracked his," said Murthy as he dragged the pot.
Xiaohu Liu opened to 700 from the button and received calls from Jack Drummond-Smillie and Firoz Mangroe in the blinds.
The 9♠8♠3♥ flop was checked through. On the 7♦ turn, Mangroe led out with a bet of 1,500 when action was checked to him, with only Liu calling.
The 10♣ river completed the board, and Mangroe checked. Liu fired out a bet of 4,000, and Mangroe called quickly. Liu showed J♣6♣ for the rivered jack-high straight, and Mangroe sent his cards into the muck.
Katerina Aristotelous and Oliver Heidel got into a preflop raising war, which ended with them both having all of their chips in the middle.
Katerina Aristotelous: J♠J♥
Oliver Heidel: A♥Q♣
It was a fair flip but Aristotelous held a clear advantage after the 9♥8♦J♦ flop, as she improved to a set. A 3♠ turn was no help to Heidel, as neither was the A♠ river, which meant Aristotelous doubled up.