Players are on a 15-minute break.
Players are on a 15-minute break.
A full board of 6♥7♥A♦10♠10♦ was showing with around 2,500,000 in the pot when Anton Wigg checked from the cutoff and Nichan Khorchidian fired out a big bet of 1,600,000.
Wigg was in the tank for a while and burned through a couple of timebanks before he eventually called.
Khorchidian then showed trips with K♥10♥, and Wigg mucked.
"So close, so close. I have your number man," said Wigg to Khorchidian.
Bogdan Jontulovic limped from the small blind and Anton Wigg made it 700,000 in the big blind.
On the 8♦9♦A♣ flop, Jontulovic check-called a bet of 375,000 from Wigg to see the K♥ drop on the turn, which went check-check.
A board-pairing K♠ dropped on the river and after Jontulovic checked, Wigg fired a big bet of 1,900,000. Some moments passed and eventually Jontulovic decided to call.
Wigg then showed trips with K♣Q♥, and Jontulovic mucked.
Nichan Khorchidian opened from the hijack to 500,000 and Dmitry Gromov called on the button.
On the A♣7♦6♦4♣4♦ board, both checked to the river where Khorchidian bet 700,000, and Gromov quickly called.
Khorchidian then revealed a pair of aces with A♥10♦, and Gromov flashed the A♠ before he mucked.
"Why didn't you bet?! Do you have a camera that can see my cards?" said Khorchidian.
Dmitry Gromov raised from under the gun and Vedat Yilmaz called out of the big blind.
They saw a flop of J♠3♠7♠ where Yilmaz checked and Gromov fired 400,000. Yilmaz then put in a check-raise to an even 1,000,000. and Gromov quickly called.
The 2♣ turn was checked through to the J♣ river where Yilmaz announced a bet of 1,000,000, which was snap-called by Gromov.
Yilmaz revealed A♠3♥ for a pair and busted flush draw, but Gromov had rivered trips holding A♣J♦ to scoop the pot.
Dmitry Gromov raised the button and Adrian State shoved for 2,100,000 from the small blind. Gromov called.
Adrian State: A♥K♠
Dmitry Gromov: K♣Q♥
State was well in the lead and his Big Slick managed to hold up as the runout of 10♠6♥2♥6♠8♠ earned him a much-needed double-up.
There were already around 3,000,000 chips in the pot on a board of J♣8♣5♠2♠ between Nichan Khorchidian in the small blind and Vedat Yilmaz in the big blind.
Khorchidian checked and Yilmaz fired 850,000, Khorchidian called to see the 10♦ river, which both players quickly checked to see a showdown.
"Five," said Khorchidian before he revealed 7♠5♥. "Five is good," replied Yilmaz.
"Not just good, it's very good!," said Khorchidian.
"Welcome to the game, you finally have woken up," mentioned Bogdan Jontulovic.
Dmitry Gromov raised from the hijack to 500,000 and Nichan Khorchidian, who hasn't played a hand yet, made the call.
On the 8♦4♣10♦ flop, both checked to see the A♠ drop on the turn. Khorchidian checked and Gromov fired 600,000. Khorchidian then made a huge check-raise to 4,375,000, and Gromov quickly folded.
Adrian State opened from the hijack and Bogdan Jontulovic three-bet the cutoff to 1,200,000. State then made it 2,400,000, and Jontulovic five-bet shoved for 5,600,000 total. State called.
Bogdan Jontulovic: K♠K♣
Adrian State: J♠J♥
It was a long way back for State as his jacks were crushed by the Cowboys of Jontulovic. The runout of Q♠5♠7♣2♣8♣ brought no surprises, and Jontulovic doubled up.