Heads-up on a flop of 3♥10♥7♦, Huseyin Kaba moved all in for 71,000 from under the gun and Ara Melkisetian called.
Huseyin Kaba: K♠10♠
Ara Melkisetian: K♥4♥
Kaba was ahead with top pair, while Melkisetian had a flush draw. The A♥ turn completed Melkisetian's flush and Kaba was already drawing dead by the 4♦ river as he was sent to the rail.
More than 300,000 was already in the pot as Gianfranco Iaculli and Jad Warde went to the turn on a board of K♣2♠5♦7♠.
Both players then checked to the 8♦ river, where Iaculli moved all in for 150,000. "What do you have," Warde pondered as he tanked for several minutes.
Warde eventually called and Iaculli turned over 5♥5♠ for a set. Warde's cards quickly hit the muck and Iaculli doubled up to nearly 600,000.
Bogdan Munteanu opened to 7,500 from middle position and a player in the hijack three-bet to 21,000. Munteanu made the call.
The flop came J♥9♠8♥ and Munteanu check-called a 15,000 continuation bet from his opponent.
Both players checked the K♠ turn leading to the 5♣ river. Munteanu bet 10,000, the hijack raised to 50,000 and Munteanu moved all in, covering his opponent who had roughly 150,000 behind. The hijack opted to fold and Munteanu revealed he had Q♦Q♣ for a pair of queens turned into a bluff to take the pot without showdown.
Around 70,000 was in the pot as Antoine Hasbani and Baurzhan Akimov went to the turn on a board of K♥5♣J♥6♠.
Hasbani, in the small blind, then led out for 75,000. Akimov spent a moment eyeing Hasbani's remaining stack before moving all in. Hasbani snap-called for 175,000.
Hasbani showed K♣J♣ for two pair, while Akimov had A♦Q♣ for a straight draw. The A♣ river wasn't enough for Akimov and Hasbani doubled up.
Michel Habib opened to 8,000 from the cutoff and Fausto Tantillo defended from the big blind.
The flop came 9♣8♣2♣. Tantillo checked, Habib bet 10,000, Tantillo check-raised to 32,000 and Habib called.
On the 7♦ turn Tantillo bet 96,000. Habib thought for about 45 seconds before deciding to fold and Tantillo took down a nice pot without showdown.
Maksim Shornikau bet 20,000 from the button on a flop of 5♥Q♣6♥ and Mehmet Demirkol called in the hijack.
The turn was the 3♣ and Shornikau pushed forward a stack of chips to put Demirkol all in. Demirkol, with around 65,000 remaining, then went deep into the tank.
He considered the decision for his last chips for nearly five minutes until decided to fold as Shornikau, the High Roller champion from earlier in this festival, took the pot.
With two players seeing a board of A♦5♦Q♠5♠8♦ and roughly 35,000 already in the middle, Maher Achour bet 45,000 from thebig blind. Giorgiy Skhulukhiya raised it to 177,000 from under the gun, putting Achour deep into the tank.
After several minutes a player called the clock. Achour still could not come to a decision and after 30 seconds his hand was declared dead and Skhulukhiya took down a nice pot without showdown, surpassing 1,000,000 chips in the process.
Paul Amsellem, Viliyan Petleshkov, and Damir Zhugralin went to the turn on a board of Q♥9♣5♣2♥ where Zhugralin bet 33,000 from under the gun.
Amsellem called in middle position, while Petleshkov also came along from the cutoff as the J♦ fell on the river.
Zhugralin then checked over to Amsellem who moved all in for around 75,000. Petleshkov quickly mucked, while Zhugralin also folded as Amsellem took the pot uncontested.
Players are on another 15-minute break.
Late registration will close once action resumes.
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