Ding Fan raised his small blind to 180,000. Dimitrios Gkatzas called in the big blind and called when Fan bet 150,000 on the 5♥Q♣K♥ flop.
Fan increased his sizing to 450,000 on the 2♠ turn. Gkatzas kept sticking around with another call, after which the J♠ river checked to showdown.
Fan tabled A♥9♠ for ace-high, but Gkatzas had rivered a pair with his J♥9♥ to be awarded the sizable pot.
Traian Stanciu opened to 120,000 from the hijack, and Bora Kurtulus called from the cutoff.
Both players checked the A♦6♦4♦ flop, leading to the A♠ turn. Stanciu bet 150,000, Kurtulus raised to 425,000, and Stanciu folded.
Traian Stanciu raised to 120,000 on the button and Bora Kurtulus called in the small blind.
Both players checked the 5♥3♣2♥ flop. Stanciu then bet 150,000 on the K♣ turn, and Kurtulus called.
The river was the 6♥ and Stanciu bet another 525,000. Kurtulus again called, and Stanciu showed K♥9♥ for a flush to win the pot.
Dimitrios Gkatzas opened his 10♠10♦ to 125,000 under the gun. Conor O'Driscoll fired a big three-bet to 550,000 in the big blind with K♥8♦, which Gkatzas called after some thought.
O'Driscoll continued with a bet of 450,000 on the 3♥9♦10♣ flop, and Gkatzas just called. The 5♦ appeared on the turn, prompting O'Driscoll to give up and check.
Gkatzas spent a time bank before he moved all in, quickly folding out O'Driscoll's bluff.
Matan Krakow opened to 120,000 from middle position, Maria Lampropulos called from the cutoff, and Bora Kurtulus defended from the big blind.
The flop came 3♥A♣K♦. Kurtulus checked, Krakow bet 180,000, Lampropulos called, and Kurtulus folded.
Lampropulos check-called a 325,000 bet from Krakow on the 3♠ turn. On the 4♠ river, Lampropulos checked and Krakow shoved, covering Lampropulos who had just over 700,000 behind. Lampropulos used one time extension before folding, leaving herself with roughly 12 big blinds, while Krakow took the pot.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
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Level 26 Highlights
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