Andrejs Perederejevs opened to 800 from the hijack. Sanghoon Choi raised to 2,300. Perederejevs called.
He then check-called a bet of 1,700 on the flop of 8♥4♦J♦. He checked once more, prompting Choi to size up to 10,000. Perederejevs took a moment before folding.
Grigorios Thanos opened from the button to 800. Lies Mostefa raised to 2,800 from the small blind. Thanos called.
Mostefa led for 1,600 on the flop of 6♥10♣Q♠. Thanos called. Mostefa led again for 3,500 on the 8♥ turn. Thanos called again. Mostefa fired once more for 16,000. Thanos tanked before finding the call.
He had A♦10♥ for a pair of tens which bested the A♣9♣ of Mostefa.
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Sing Boun opened to 900 from under the gun. He was called by Thor Morstoel in the hijack, Justin Tsui on the button and Sia Browne in the big blind.
Browne, Boun and Morstoel checked the 4♣9♠7♦ flop to Tsui who bet 1,500. Browne folded, Boun called and did Morstoel. On the Q♣ Boun led for 6,000, Morstoel folded and Tsui called.
The K♥ saw another lead from Boun, this time for 16,000. Tsui tanked for a moment before calling. Boun tabled J♠10♠ for a king-high straight and Tsui mucked.
Al-Shanti Ahmad opened from middle position to 1,000. Dinesh Alt called in the cutoff, as did Padraic Cusack on the button and Ashleigh Naisbitt in the small blind.
The J♥6♣K♥ flop was checked around before Naisbitt checked again on the 2♠ turn. Ahmad then bet 2,000. Alt and Cusack folded and Naisbitt called.
She then led for 7,000 on the K♠ river. Ahmad then moved all in for 14,100. Naisbitt called and showed K♦10♣ for trips. However she was bested by Ahmad's 6♠6♦ for a full house.
Action was picked up on the flop of J♦4♠9♥ with Matthew Micallef and Sinan Yuce checking in the small and big blind. Stephen Kavanagh checked from under the gun as did Robertas Gludkinas in middle position.
The 5♣ saw Micallef lead for 2,200. Yuce called and Kavanagh and Gludkinas folded. Micallef led again for 5,000 on the 2♣ river. Yuce then raised to 16,000 and Micallef called.
His J♣8♣ was bested by Yuce's two pair of J♥9♣. Micallef bust a few hands later.
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