Ozkan Cakir was in the small blind and checked to his opponent in early position who bet 30,000. Cakir went into the tank until the clock was called. Cakir moved all in for 74,000.
His opponent went deep into the tank before folding.
Ozkan Cakir opened the action from early position for 4,000 and was called by a middle position player and the hijack. Young Hwi Cho, on the button, went all in for 24,000 total.
Cakir then made the call and then the middle-position player shoved for 30,000. The hijack, who had 36,500 behind, then went into the tank for nearly two minutes before going all in himself. Cakir called and there was a small crowd gathered around the table for the four-way showdown.
Young Hwi Cho:
Middle Position:
Hijack:
Ozkan Cahir:
Cahir had the biggest of the three pocket pairs and was surprised and excited to see that he was ahead, though Cho had overcards to the rest of them.
With each of the players yelling for their hand to become good, the flop came putting Cho way out in front.
The turn brought the , giving Cho two pair and giving four cards to an unlikely four-way chop.
The river was the , giving Cho the quadruple up while Cakir earned the side pot to cut his losses to just 18,500 on the hand.
Action was caught with around 44,000 in the pot on a board. A player in middle position checked over to Viktor Utrobin in the hijack, who went all in for his final 39,700.
The player directly to his right went deep into the tank and after a few minutes the floor was called and he was given 30 seconds to make a decision. Eventually, the player would call with .
Utrobin turned over for a set of jacks and took down the massive pot while his opponent was left with roughly 37,000 chips.
Elie Farah raised from early position before he was four bet to 8,000 by his opponent on the button. Action folded back around to Farah who four bet all in for approximately 43,000 effective.
His opponent went into the tank before folding and asked "Ace-King?" and Farah responded "Ace-Queen?". The button said "Pockets" and another table mate said "Eights?" and the button returned saying "Higher".
There was 6,500 in the pot as action was three ways to the flop of .
Action checked to Can Miral on the button who bet 2,500. Veselin Petrov was under the gun and raised to 8,500. The middle position player quickly folded before Miral made the call.
The turn was the and Petrov paused for a while before he moved all in for 22,000. Miral made the call covering Petrov.
Veselin Petrov:
Can Miral:
Both players had two pair but Petrov had Miral dominated. The river was overkill as it came which gave Petrov a full house and the double up.
There was roughly 45,000 in the middle on a board and Afshin Afsharorumieh, from the hijack, put out a bet of 16,000 and placed his chips directly in front of Bernard Samaha, who sat directly to his left.
Samaha was not amused, replying: "I don't believe you have the king." After about 20 seconds, Samaha begrudgingly tossed in a call.
Afsharorumieh could only produce for a missed straight draw while Samaha turned over for third pair and took down the huge pot.
Angelo Patane raised from under the gun to 1,800. Afshin Afsharorumieh called in the cutoff before Bernard Samaha three bet to 8,200. Only Patane called.
The flop came and Samaha bet 12,000 when checked to. Patane moved all in covering Samaha and Samaha quickly called.
Bernard Samaha:
Angelo Patane:
Samaha was ahead with an overpair while Patane had a flush draw. The turn was a brick as it came the . The gave Patane the king high flush however it was no good as Samaha had the full house for the double up.