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03-14-2025 13:59 UTC+2

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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03-14-2025 13:51 UTC+2

Sibgatova Finds Herself in a Tough Spot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Alisa Sibgatova was left shaking her head after the latest hand she played.

With around 15,000 in the middle on a 3♣4♦8♥A♦ board, the big blind checked and Sibgatova fired out 7,500. A check-raise then came up from the big blind to 28,500, which Sibgatova called after some consideration.

A 5♠ dropped on the river and big blind moved the remainder of his stack into the middle, around 60,000. Sibgatova had a similar amount back and was shaking her head when the bet went in. After around 30 seconds, she elected to fold, and the pot was pushed in her opponent's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	60,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova

03-14-2025 13:37 UTC+2

Burtin Starts Well

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kirill Burtin is off to a good start and has boosted his stack to around 160,000 in the early goings.

An opponent had shoved for around 15,000 and Burtin made the call to put her at risk.

Opponent: A♥3♥ All in
Kirill Burtin: 9♥9♣

Despite his opponent flopping a flush draw on the 4♥8♥7♦ flop, the runout of 10♣8♣ kept his pocket nines in the lead and gave his stack a little boost.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	160,000

Tags: Kirill Burtin

03-14-2025 13:33 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arun Sood	240,000 140,000	140,000
Boris Smuskevicius	120,000
Dmitry Gromov	120,000 25,000	25,000

Milos Skrbic	110,000 10,000	10,000
Cedric Schwaederle	105,000
Alisa Sibgatova	90,000 90,000	90,000
Ran Ilani	90,000
Florian Duta	85,000 15,000	15,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

03-14-2025 13:20 UTC+2

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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03-14-2025 13:08 UTC+2

Bakhtiev Quickly Loses Half His Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were already around 30,000 chips in the pot on a 7♦K♥A♥ flop when the small blind checked and Ruslan Bakhtiev bet 12,000 from the big blind. Reza Rahbari called on the button, and the small blind folded.

When the 2♠ hit the turn, Bakhtiev wasted no time in tossing out a single white chip, worth 25,000, and bet all of it. Rahbari didn't seem too impressed with the sizing but tossed in the chip anyway.

A 5♦ hit the river and Bakhtiev waved the white flag, knuckling the table, which prompted Rahbari just to flip his cards over and show K♦J♦ for a pair of kings. Bakhtiev couldn't beat that and sent his cards back to the dealer, leaving Rahbari to rake in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reza Rahbari	150,000 76,000	76,000
Ruslan Bakhtiev	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Reza Rahbari Ruslan Bakhtiev

03-14-2025 12:58 UTC+2

Aces For Mehraba

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was an open from a player in early position and Peteris Enders called on the button before Mahdi Mehraba made a squeeze from the small blind to around 6,000. Both players called.

On the 3♥6♣K♦ flop, Mehraba continued with a bet of 7,500, which both early position and Enders called to see the 7♠ on the turn, where all three checked.

A 7♦ paired the board on the river and Mehraba reached for chips and threw 30,500 into the pot. After a long time in the tank, the early position player called, and Enders quickly folded.

Mehraba then revealed A♦A♠ for the rockets, which won him the pot as his opponent quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mahdi Mehraba	160,000 160,000	160,000
Peteris Enders	70,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Mahdi Mehraba Peteris Enders

03-14-2025 12:48 UTC+2

New Players

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	100,000 100,000	100,000

Ruslan Bakhtiev	100,000
Arun Sood	100,000 100,000	100,000
Florian Duta	100,000 100,000	100,000
Milos Skrbic	100,000 100,000	100,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600