The field has been sent on another break of 20 minutes.
The field has been sent on another break of 20 minutes.
After some earlier action in a small pot, Dragoljub Martinovic committed his stack of 104,000 from the big blind on the 3♦2♠5♦ flop. Aleksei Istomin weighed his options for a while before making a call and taking it to showdown.
Dragoljub Martinovic: A♦2♥
Aleksei Istomin: A♠5♥
Istomin had the higher pair, and nothing of note changed on the 9♠3♣ runout, seeing him knock out a second player in quick succession.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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550,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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Busted |
Congya Zhang raised to 10,000 under the gun with only Sandra Cotescu calling from the big blind.
After the dealer spread out the flop of 9♣8♣5♠, Cotescu check-called a bet of 11,000 from Zhang.
The turn came the 6♦ and Cotescu check-called another bet from Zhang, this time for 32,000.
Cotescu checked for the last time upon seeing the A♥ hit the river. Zhang fired a big bet of around 150,000 and Cotescu quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000 | |
|
|
250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
With the flop showing 4♠K♠7♥ and from the big blind, Espen Jorstad had check-raised to 40,000 over a bet from a player in middle position. Jorstad's opponent quickly called and they headed to a turn.
The 9♥ rolled off on the turn and Jorstad opted to check. The middle position player bet 25,000 and Jorstad tossed in the call.
The river came the J♦ prompting another check from Jorstad. The middle position player bet roughly 80,000, and Jorstad tossed his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
330,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
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200,000 | |
Aleksei Istomin raised to 11,000 in the cutoff, being called by the player in the hijack. The small blind then three-bet to 31,000, which Istomin called. The hijack got out of the way, after which the 7♠4♦2♣ flop was checked by both.
The small blind then fired 25,000 on the Q♣ turn, which Istomin raised to 50,000. The small blind shoved all in for not much more, with Isomin making a quick call.
Small blind: A♠Q♠
Aleksei Istomin: 4♠4♥
The small blind was already drawing dead against the set of Istomin, who took down the pot in style with the 4♣ river, bringing him four of a kind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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410,000
410,000
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410,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Nikolay Fal raised from early position with Oliver Braddock calling on the button and the big blind also calling.
Three ways to a flop of K♥2♠7♠, which got checked to Fal, who fired out a bet of 10,000. Both Braddock and the big blind called.
The 4♠ appeared on the turn and the action checked to Braddock. He fired 30,000 into the middle and both players called.
After the big blind checked the 6♠ river, Fal put out a bet of 55,000, which got two quick folds from his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Catching the tail end of a big pot worth over 150,000 on a 10♦7♣K♦8♣8♠ river, Mohamed Mokrani checked from under the gun to his opponent in middle position.
He then made a bet of 79,000, which Mokrani called after some deliberation. The player in middle position could only show Q♦9♠ for queen-high, leaving Mokrani to rake in the chips with his A♠J♦ for just ace-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
Kadir Altinbasak raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by the player in the next seat.
When it folded to Erdem Akmert in the cutoff, he squeezed it up to 30,000. Altinbasak four-bet to 100,000, which got a fold from the preflop caller, but a shove by Akmert for 205,000. Altinbasak quickly called.
Erdem Akmert: A♠A♥
Kadir Altinbasak: K♠K♦
It was the ultimate preflop cooler and Altinbasak needed to find a Cowboy to bust Akmert. There was no help for Altinbasak on the Q♦Q♠7♠4♥3♣ runout, and the majority of his stack was sent over to Akmert.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
410,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
The player under the gun opened to 8,000, which Vladislav Dubanov three-bet to 22,000 on the button. It folded back to his opponent, who tossed in a call.
The player under the gun check-called Dubanov's bet of 6,000 on the Q♣6♦6♥ flop before he check-folded when Dubanov sized up to 18,000 on the 9♥ turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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520,000
520,000
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520,000 |