Following an open-raise, the button called, then Vyacheslav Kardash three-bet to 30,000 from the big blind. Only the button called.
The flop came 10♣2♦A♦ and Kardash bet 20,500, which the button called. Action then slowed down, with both players checking on the 2♠ turn and again on the 7♥ river.
Kardash showed K♣K♦ for pocket kings, which was enough to win the pot.
Robert Mcadam open-raised to 6,500 from early position and picked up a call before Yilu Yuan three-bet to 11,500 from the button. Mcadam moved all in and Yuan called with the shorter stack. He was at risk as players revealed their hands.
Yilu Yuan: A♣Q♥ 
Robert Mcadam: 9♥9♠
Yuan couldn't find any part of the board, which ran out 10♠6♦J♥3♠7♠, so Mcadam held with his pocket nines to win a huge pot and near-double his stack. Yuan, who came third in the $2,200 Global Poker Championship at the start of the series, was sent to the rail.
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Timur Margolin was all in preflop from the cutoff for 128,000 against his opponent in the hijack, who had Margolini covered as the cards were revealed.
Timur Margolin: J♥J♣
Hijack: 9♠8♠
The board ran out 6♥5♦5♥2♦K♠ and Margolin held with his pocket jacks to win the pot, doubling his stack.
Kristian Dahl was all in preflop with a short stack against two opponents, one of which was Farbod Nazari. The two active players checked on the A♣K♠K♦ flop to see the J♥ turn. Nazari checked and his opponent bet 25,000, which Nazari called.
On the 9♦ river, Nazari led for 100,000 and his opponent folded. Narazi had A♥J♦ for two pair, aces and kings. Dahl had A♠10♠ and had the same two pair and kicker to split the pot.
Picking up the action on the river on a board of 10♥6♥2♣9♣3♠, Svetlana Aubakirova checked and Darko Svesko moved all in. Aubakirova flicked in the call for 30,000, the rest of her chips.
Svesko flipped over 9♥9♦ for a set of nines. Aubakirova mucked and left the table as Svesko scooped in the pot.
The cutoff had a reraise of 50,000 already in the middle when Andreas Mavromoustakis moved all in from the button. The cutoff called for 190,000 and Mavromoustakis was at risk as the cards were turned.
Andreas Mavromoustakis: K♠K♣
Cutoff: Q♦Q♠
The board ran out 3♣5♣8♥3♥J♣ and Mavromoustakis held with his pocket kings, making two pair with the threes on board to double up his stack.
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Players in Day 1a of the MPP Main Event are heading for their first break of the day. There are now 164 entries.
Svetlana Aubakirova raised to 5,000 from under the gun and Sergey Tsoy three-bet to 19,000 from middle position. The big blind called and Aubakirova called.
The flop came J♦4♠Q♣ and action checked to Tsoy, who continued for 15,500. The big blind called before Aubakirova three-bet to 39,000. Tsoy reraised, the big blind folded, and Aubakirova also made the fold to give Tsoy the pot.
"Nice hand," said a neutral player, but Tsoy smiled and said nothing.
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