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.
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.
Murat Cakir opened to 2,200 in middle position and was called by the cutoff. The big blind raised to 10,400 and both players made the call.
The flop came and action would check around. The turn would bring the and the big blind checked once again to Cakir, who made it 13,000. The cutoff would fold and the big blind called.
The river brought the and both players quickly checked. The big blind turned over for a pair of fours and a missed flush draw. Cakir flipped over , which was good to take down the pot worth nearly 60,000 chips.
James O'Brien raised to 2,500 from the cutoff before his opponent on the button moved all in for around 20,000. O'Brien made the call.
Button:
James O'Brien:
O'Brien was behind but the flop came which gave him the nut flush draw. O'Brien's draw came in on the turn as it came the to have his opponent drawing dead. The river eliminated his opponent when it came the .
Action was caught with around 47,500 in the middle with the board reading .
Afshin Afsharorumieh, in the small blind, had shoved his final 18,700 chips and Ismail Kalkan went deep into the tank for over two minutes, asking Afsharorumieh questions nearly the entire time.
"Did you have ace-king and get lucky? I have a queen. Did you get there?"
Eventually, Kalkan agonizingly made the call. Afsharorumieh produced for third pair and a missed flush draw.
"Oh my god, he nearly bluffed me!" Kalkan exclaimed as he turned over for the win, eliminating Afsharorumieh, who was one of the flight's bigger stacks most of the day.
Umut Yükselir raised to 2,800 from the cutoff before being three bet to 8,500 by his opponent on the button.
Yükselir said "How much you have around 50,000?" His opponent was silent. Yükselir four bet all in for around 50,000 effective in which the button quickly folded.
After action checked around on a board, the river was the .
With around 20,000 in the middle, Oleg Shalaumov checked from the big blind and Yasen Dichev checked from the hijack. Muhtar Murat Taysi then fired a bet of 12,000 from the button. Shalaumov would fold and Dichev was quick to make the call.
Taysi was even quicker to turn over for the nut straight.
Though Dichev would lose the hand, he is one of the bigger stacks today, having amassed nearly 160,000 chips thus far.
The hijack opened to 3,500 and was called by Veselin Petrov on the button. The big blind also came along.
The flop came and action checked through.
The turn was the and action checked to Petrov who bet 6,000. Only the big blind called.
The was the river and the big blind checked to Petrov who bet 20,000. The big blind moved all in for 46,200. Petrov asked for a count before making the call. Petrov revealed for a rivered set which disgusted his opponent as he was eliminated from the tournament.