When Kirill Burtin opened with a raise from early position to 3,500, Hadi Khordbin responded with a three-bet to 15,000, which Burtin called.
On the flop 8♥J♦3♠, Burtin opted to check-call Khordbin's bet of 9,500 chips.
Both players checked the turn Q♦.
Burtin seized the initiative on the river 9♣, betting 11,000 chips, prompting Khordbin to fold.
With about 45,000 in the middle ,the flop read K♣3♣2♠. Hassan Nashar check-called a bet of 15,000 from Marco Di Persio.
The 9♠ turn was checked through to see the 10♥ on the river. Nashar fired 55,000 across the line and Di Persio wasted no time making the call.
Nashar instantly pitched his cards face down into the muck, and the dealer pushed the pot to Di Persio.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
With over 120,000 in the pot, the completed board of 8♠8♦7♠6♦J♣ was already on the felt. Pavel Kovalenko was in the tank, facing a bet of 78,000 from his only opponent in the hand, Mikhail Zavoloka.
While Kovalenko used a time bank, trying make a decision, Zavoloka began to cover his face, pulling his hat over his eyes and pulling his shirt to cover his mouth.
After a few more seconds, Kovalenko tossed in a chip to make the call. Zavoloka tabled Q♠10♠, missing his straight a flush draw, while Kovalenko took down the pot with A♦9♥.
On the flop and turn, the pot had already swelled to about 12,000 when Nikolai Nasenkov, seated in the small blind, initiated the action with a 7,000 bet. Garik Tamasian responded with a raise to 17,000 chips, prompting a fold from another player, and Nasenkov opted to call.
As the river card, the 8♣, was revealed, Nasenkov checked, and Tamasian, feeling uncertain about his hand, chose to check back.
Nasenkov then revealed his hand, Q♥6♥, showing a pair of sixes along with a flush draw. However, Tamasian had him beat with a pair of tens, specifically K♥10♠, and scooped the roughly 46,000 pot.
Niall Farrell opened 4,000 under the gun, and Alexey Losev defended the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of 9♠9♦3♦, and Losev check-called a bet of 3,000.
When the 3♠ hit the turn, Losev checked once more to Farrell who took 20 seconds before dropping 8,500 across the line. Losev then put in the check-raise to 25,000, and Farrell instantly pitched his cards into the muck.
The cutoff opened to 3,500, and [Removed:546] three-bet to 12,000 next to act. The blinds quickly got out of the way, and the cutoff made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of K♠Q♠8♣, and both players tapped the table to see the 6♦ turn. The cutoff led for 12,500, and [Removed:547] stuck around with a call.
When the K♥ landed on the river, the cutoff checked, and [Removed:547] knuckled the table to check-back.
The cutoff rolled A♠8♠, for a pair of eights and a busted flush draw, and [Removed:547] took down the pot with 9♦9♥.
The cards are officially in the air in Day 1b of the $5,300 Main Event
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
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