Level: 15
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Players in Day 1c of the $2,200 Global Poker Championship are heading for a 15-minute break, potentially their final one of the day as there are now just 61 players remaining and 45 set to bag.
Mikhail Katykhin raised from under the gun before Xiaosheng Zheng three-bet to 85,000 from middle position. Katykhin called to take the action to the flop, which ran out 9♦A♥4♣. Katykhin checked and Zheng continued for 55,000, which Katykhin called.
Both players checked it through on the 5♦ turn to see the 9♥ river. Katykhin then led out for 125,000 and Zheng let his cards go, conceding the pot to Katykhin.
Action folded around to Martins Adeniya, who raised from the small blind. Uladzimir Voranau moved all in from the big blind for around 90,000 and Adeniya quickly called with the covering stack.
Uladzimir Voranau: A♠9♥
Martins Adeniya: Q♥Q♦
The board ran out 2♦9♠2♣2♠K♠ and Adeniya held with his pocket queens. Voranau was eliminated and Adeniya's stack grew to close to 1,000,000.
Level: 14
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Following an open-raise from middle position, Vasyl Palandiuk called in the cutoff and then Harpreet Gill shoved for 131,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded and Palandiuk made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Gill at risk.
Harpreet Gill: A♥K♥
Vasyl Palandiuk: 9♠9♣
It was a coinflip situation and Gill picked up outs for a flush on the 6♦5♥6♥ flop. The turn was the 5♣ and river the 2♣, so Palandiuk held with two pair, nines and sixes, to win the pot. Gill, meanwhile, was eliminated.
After doubling up a few hands earlier, Chrysi Phiniotis was all in again, this time coming over the top of a middle position raise for 16,000. Phiniotis shoved for 115,000 from the cutoff and her opponent called with the covering stack.
Chrysi Phiniotis: A♣Q♣
Middle Position: A♦10♦
Phiniotis was ahead again and stayed ahead on the K♠6♥6♦ flop. The 10♣ turn dashed her hopes of another double up, though, giving her opponent two pair. The 9♥ sealed it, and Phiniotis was sent to the rail.
Level: 13
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Boris Smuskevicius was all in preflop with a short stack of around 70,000 and was called by an opponent who had him covered.
Boris Smuskevicius: A♥K♥
Opponent: A♠Q♠
The J♣6♠2♥6♣9♠ board ran out clean for Smuskevicius, and he held to double his stack.
Chrysi Phiniotis open-shoved with a short stack of 61,000 and was called by Thomas Buchsteiner in the next seat, who had her covered as players flipped their cards.
Chrysi Phiniotis: 4♠4♥
Thomas Buchsteiner: A♦Q♦
The board ran out 6♥10♣J♦5♦5♠ and Phiniotis held with her pocket fours, making two pair with the fives on board to double her stack. Buchsteiner paid up and was still left with well above an average stack.