The pot stood at around 12,000 with two players looking at a full board of 9♣8♦6♥4♦5♦.
Efraim Tavdi, in the cutoff, checked the action to Stefan Ionita, on the button. Ionita bet out 4,000 and Tavdi check-raised, moving all in for 17,500. Tavdi snap-called.
Efraim Tavdi: A♦J♦
Stefan Ionita: K♦6♦
This flush-over-flush situation saw Tavdi double up.
Adrian Cazacu opened the action from under the gun to 800, and Jenya Gavrilovich intended to call from the button but accidentally raised to 1,300. Cazacu made the call.
The flop came K♦K♥4♥, and both players quickly checked.
On the J♠ turn, Cazacu bet 2,000, and Gavrilovich called.
Both players checked the 6♦ river. Cazacu revealed Q♥2♥ for a missed flush draw, while Gavrilovich showed 10♥6♥ for a missed flush draw as well but with a rivered pair, which was enough to win the pot.
Jaroslaw Falkowski opened to 900 from early position. Giovanni Gaiulli raised to 2,100 from the cutoff. Fintan Hand then moved all in for 21,400 from the big blind. Falkowski folded and Gaiulli called.
Giovanni Gaiulli: Q♣Q♦
Fintan Hand: A♦K♠
Hand hit a king to win the classic race across the J♦K♥9♠4♦2♥ runout to eliminate Gaiulli.
Ioannis Polintas raised from middle position, receiving calls from the hijack, button and big blind.
The action checked to Polintas, who continued for 2,200, on the 8♦6♦7♣ flop. The hijack folded and Stanislav Sorokin, on the button, raised to 5,000. The big blind folded. Polintas tanked before moving all in for Sorokin's effective stack of 14,000. Sorokin called.
Stanislav Sorokin: 5♦3♦
Ioannis Polintas: A♦A♥
Sorokin was behind but held a monster draw. Although the A♣ turn gave Polintas a set, the 9♦ river improved Sorokin to a flush to double up.
Sebastien Compte opened with a min-raise from the button, and Hristian Panchev put out a three-bet to 1,600 from the small blind. Both Thierry Gogniat in the big blind and Compte called.
The flop came 9♥J♠10♦, and Panchev made a continuation bet of 2,000, which only Gogniat called.
The turn brought the A♥, and Panchev kept up the aggression, betting 5,000. Gogniat took some time but ultimately folded, giving Panchev the pot.
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 21st episode, Connor speaks with Survivor legend Boston Rob, aka Rob Mariano, about growing up near Fenway Park, learning poker at the age of 6, studying psychology at Boston University, applying for Survivor and winning Season 22, his recent appearance on Deal or No Deal Island and filming an upcoming season of The Traitors.
Boston Rob also revealed a story about Costa Rican authorities raiding a mansion known to host high-stakes poker games during a 2006 filming that included Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi and actress Cheryl Hines.
"(Gambling mogul) Calvin (Ayre) had a big party at the house, and they came in guns drawn," he said. "And we were fine, but we all had to stay at the party until they checked our passports and everything. I think it was a little bit of a shakedown. But we had a good weekend."
