Players in Day 1c of the MPP Main Event are heading for a 15-minute break. There are now 81 players remaining and 44 players are set to find the bag.
Players in Day 1c of the MPP Main Event are heading for a 15-minute break. There are now 81 players remaining and 44 players are set to find the bag.
Yiwen Yuan raised to 30,000 from early position and picked up a call from the cutoff before Timur Margolin moved all in from the small blind for around 500,000. Yuan called all in with only slightly less chips. Players flipped their cards, with Yuan at risk.
Yiwen Yuan: 10♦10♥
Timur Margolin: K♠10♠
Yuan had the best of it, and further improved to a set of tens on the 10♣4♣6♣4♦Q♦ board. She won the pot and doubled her stack, leaving Margolin very short.
Taran Parmar raised from under the gun and picked up a late position call before Olga Iermolcheva moved all in from the big blind for around 145,000. Parmar was the only player to call and he had Iermolcheva covered as players flipped their cards.
Olga Iermolcheva: J♣J♠
Taran Parmar: A♠10♠
Iermolcheva was ahead with her pocket jacks, and stayed ahead on the 7♣5♥2♦ flop and 5♦ turn. Parmar, however, paired his ace on the A♥ river to win the pot, sending Iermolcheva to the rail.
"You wanted a call, right?" said Parmar.
"Yeah, yeah..." said Iermolcheva as she exited the tournament area.
Niklas Held open-raised from late position and Yilu Yuan moved all in from the cutoff for 138,000. Held made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards, with Yuan at risk.
Yilu Yuan: K♠Q♠
Niklas Held: J♠10♥
Yuan found a pair of kings on the K♥4♦5♥ flop. He held on the A♦ turn and J♣ river to win the pot, doubling his stack.
Level: 12
Blinds: 8,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Tom Talboom raised from middle position and Javid Salayev pushed all in from the button with a short stack of around 10 big blinds. Talboom made the call and players flipped their cards.
Javid Salayev: K♠10♣
Tom Talboom: 10♦10♥
The board ran out 6♠7♦2♦Q♥3♠ and Talboom held with his pocket tens to win the pot, sending Salayev to the rail.
Rasmus Sepping bet 25,000 from under the gun and was called by Joshua Gebissa in the cut off. Fabrod Nazari raised to 60,000 on the button. Both Sepping and Gebissa made the call.
The flop came K♠K♣10♥ and all three players checked. A third king came on the turn in the guise of the K♥. Naazri made a delayed continuation bet of 60,000 which gained folds from the other two players.
Cristian David was all in preflop from middle position against Aleksandr Chernikov, who had him covered from the next seat across. Players revealed their hands.
Cristian David: J♠J♦
Aleksandr Chernikov: Q♦Q♠
David ran into an overpair. The board ran out 7♦K♠Q♣9♥8♣ and Chernikov improved to a set of queens. He won the pot and David was sent to the rail.
Following an open-raise to 24,000 from middle position and Andrei Daniliuk pushed for 116,000 from the button. His opponent called with the covering stack and players flipped their cards.
Andrei Daniliuk: A♠3♠
Middle Position: K♠8♠
The board ran out 3♣K♦9♦J♦Q♦ and middle position made a pair of kings on the flop. He held and Daniliuk was sent to the rail.