Gharios Takes Multi-Way Pot
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
After a raise to 22,000 from under-the-gun from Gha Iakobishvili, Vladislav Ivanov called next to act from the cutoff before Ziad Gharios completed from the big blind.
To a flop of 
, Iakobishvili continued for 20,000 and both players called.
A turn of 
made the action slow up, with everyone checking.
The 
river completed the board and Gharios checked to Iakobishvili who bet 45,000. Ivanov then folded and Gharios snap called and tabled 
for the rivered straight. Ivanov reacted by tilting his head back and muttering something to himself and Iakobishvili mucked his holding, saying ''Nice hand'' to the winner, as players went on break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
435,000 | 25,000 |
|
340,000 | 244,000 |
|
160,000 | -32,000 |