Three-handed on a flop of 9♠10♥7♠, Victor Fryda bet 170,000 from the big blind, Giuliano Boellis raised to 475,000 in the hijack, and Mustafa Ercan called all in for 380,000 in the small blind. Fryda got out of the way.
Mustafa Ercan: 8♦6♦
Giuliano Boellis: 10♠10♦
Boellis had flopped top set, but Ercan had a flopped straight and avoided the board pairing on the 3♥ turn and J♣ river to double up.
A few hands after taking a bit against Ihar Soika, Vladimir Troyanovskiy pushed all in for 190,000 from the cutoff and Xiang Lian called in the big blind.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy: K♠10♥
Xiang Lian: K♦7♣
Troyanovskiy had Lian dominated as both players hit their king on the K♥5♠9♠ flop. The turn brought the 7♦ and Lian improved to two pair to take the lead.
The river was the 6♥ and Troyanovskiy was sent to the rail. [Removed:504] was also recently eliminated.
Sakis Adrianapoulos moved all in from middle position for roughly 200,000 and Andrew Hedley reshoved from the button, covering both players in the blinds. Shuang Luo called off from the big blind with a remaining stack of roughly 240,000 and, along with Adrianapoulos, was at risk.
Sakis Adrianapoulos: A♦J♦
Shuang Luo: K♦J♥
Andrew Hedley: A♠K♠
Hedley seemed poised to score a triple knockout with a dominating hand against both opponents. He remained ahead on the 8♣3♥5♠ flop and by the 4♥ turn Luo was drawing dead. The 2♣ brought in an unlikely wheel straight and the pot was split between Adrianapoulos and Hedley while Luo was sent to the rail.
Ihar Soika bet 100,000 from the small blind on a board of J♥10♣J♣5♠ and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called in the big blind.
The river was the 6♥ and Soika led out for another 85,000. Troyanovskiy quickly called and Soika showed A♦10♠ for two pair. Troyanovskiy mucked and Soika took the pot.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Mustafa Ercan raised to 40,000 in middle position, Andreas Christoforou pushed all in for 425,000 in the hijack, and Ercan called.
Andreas Christoforou: 10♠10♥
Mustafa Ercan: A♠8♠
Ercan made a pair on the 9♥5♦8♥ flop but improved no further as Christoforou's tens held up on the 6♦ turn and 4♠ river to earn him a double up.
With around 150,000 in the pot on a board of Q♣A♦4♥Q♠, Koray Korkmaz bet 75,000 from the big blind before Antoine Hasbani raised to 225,000 from under the gun.
Korkmaz called and the river came the 10♥. Hasbani then moved all in and Korkmaz snap-called.
Hasbani showed K♥J♥ for a rivered straight and Korkmaz angrily tossed Q♥7♥ as well as his last 200,000 in the middle before heading off to the payout desk.
In a preflop confrontation Nan Zhu was all in on the button for roughly 250,000 and was up against Samy Barka who held a covering stack in the hijack.
Nan Zhu: J♥J♣
Samy Barka: Q♥Q♠
Zhu was in rough shape with a dominated pocket pair and failed to improve on the K♣4♠2♠A♠6♥ runout, resulting in his elimination while Barka dragged in a healthy pot.
Around 500,000 was already in the middle as Mustafa Ercan and Ara Melkisetian went to the river in a blind versus blind battle and the board showing 4♠2♣10♦8♣7♥.
Melkisetian then moved all in for 430,000 from the big blind as Ercan went into the tank. He pondered the decision for several minutes until calling.
Melkisetian then showed 8♠2♦ for two pair and Ercan flashed 10♣9♥ before mucking as Melkisetian took down the massive pot.
Dean Hutchison was recently eliminated from this table.
With two players seeing a board of 10♦3♠3♣ and roughly 150,000 in the middle, Andreas Christoforou bet 120,000 from middle position and Roman Hrabec called from the cutoff.
Christoforou checked on the 10♥ turn and called an 85,000 bet from Hrabec.
On the 9♠ river Christoforou checked once more and Hrabec moved all in, covering Christoforou who had 210,000 behind. Christoforou folded Q♥Q♠ face up and Hrabec took down a nice pot without showdown.
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