The floor has announced that the PLO High Roller will continue hand for hand until one more player has been eliminated and the bubble has burst.
The floor has announced that the PLO High Roller will continue hand for hand until one more player has been eliminated and the bubble has burst.
Matei was down to just 70,000, which he tossed in under the gun. Tsuf Saltsberg called on the button, and Sammy Truong defended his big blind.
After Truong and Saltsberg both checked the 10♦4♥6♠ flop, Truong checked again on the 7♥ turn. Saltsberg fired 75,000 into the pot, which was enough to make Truong fold.
Matei: K♣Q♣5♦4♦
Tsuf Saltsberg: A♦10♥5♣3♥
Saltsberg had turned a straight, and he won the hand when the 7♣ river paired the board. Matei was sent packing in 24th place, leaving the field on the stone bubble.
In the last hand of the previous level, raketrap made it 75,000 to go in the small blind, and Oleksii Holubov called in the big blind.
Raketrap called Holubov's bets of 75,000 on the 5♦5♥9♦ flop and 150,000 on the 9♥ turn. He checked again on the 4♣ river, but this time he folded when Holubov sent 250,000 into the pot.
Level: 16
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Paul Haus raised from the hijack to 75,000, and Sam made the call in the cutoff. Tea Yarok defended his big blind, and all three players declined to bet the 3♥4♠J♠ flop.
The J♦ hit the turn, and Yarok led out for 105,000. Haus sent his cards to the dealer, and Sam followed with a fold allowing Yarok to take down the pot.
Leonidas Georgopoulos open-raised to 75,000 in the cutoff. It folded to Rostyslav Sabishchenko, who defended his big blind. Georgopoulos continued for 105,000 on the 5♣J♦Q♣ flop, and Sabishchenko check-called.
The 9♥ turn and 4♦ river were then checked to showdown. Sabishchenko revealed A♥Q♥10♦3♠ for top pair, but Georgopoulos had the better hand with A♦A♣8♠7♥ to rake in another pot.
In a 185,000 pot to the K♦9♠10♣A♣ turn, Leonidas Georgopoulos checked from the big blind, and Paul Haus bet 100,000 under the gun. Georgopoulos called to the Q♥ river, which he also checked.
Haus sized down to 90,000. Georgopoulos was visibly displeased with the spot, but deemed the price too good and called.
"You're good," Haus claimed as he tabled A♥8♣6♣5♥ for a bluff. Georgopoulos showed A♠K♥Q♦8♠ for top two pair, taking down the pot with his hero-call.
Sammy Truong opened to 85,000 from under the gun, and Oliver Tot made the call in the hijack. Truong saw the 9♣8♦9♥ flop and checked to Tot, who fired a bet of 70,000.
Truong did not take long to let his hand go, and Tot collected the chips.
Play is back underway, with the button in seat five after the redraw.
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