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07-29-2025 16:04 UTC+3

Ilani and Tsouloftas With Similar Stacks

Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player in middle position opened to 3,000 and Georgios Tsouloftas three-bet to 10,000 from the cutoff. When it got back to the initial raiser, he just called.

Tsoulotas took it down with a bet of 10,000 on the 4♦5♠6♣ flop, which saw his stack grow to around 120,000.

Ran Ilani is seated on the same table and his stack is similar, with around 130,000 to play with as the second break edges closer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	130,000 130,000	130,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	120,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Georgios Tsouloftas Ran Ilani

07-29-2025 15:52 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jingxuan Zhu	320,000 100,000	100,000
Joris Ruijs	310,000 95,000	95,000
Damir Zhugralin	270,000 20,000	20,000
Milos Skrbic	210,000 90,000	90,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	180,000 15,000	15,000
Elie Farah	160,000 25,000	25,000
Konstantin Kvashin	90,000 30,000	30,000
Milos Petakovic	80,000 80,000	80,000
Nikolay Fal	40,000 25,000	25,000

Xiaosheng Zheng	30,000 50,000	50,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 800/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-29-2025 15:42 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Chady Ojeil	200,000 200,000	200,000

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Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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07-29-2025 15:22 UTC+3

Hasbani Doubles Through LeBlond

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a flop of 6♥9♦7♦, Antoine Hasbani got the last of his chips in and was put at risk by Benjamin LeBlond, for a pot worth around 80,000.

Antoine Hasbani: 9♣8♣ All in
Benjamin LeBlond: J♥J♣

LeBlond was in the lead with his pair of jacks, but had to dodge a world of outs as Hasbani had an open-ender with a pair. That pair improved to trips on the 9♠ turn, which left LeBlond with just two outs to secure the knockout.

Neither of those jacks appeared on the 4♥ river, and Hasbani doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin LeBlond	130,000 20,000	20,000
Antoine Hasbani	80,000

Tags: Antoine Hasbani Benjamin LeBlond

07-29-2025 15:09 UTC+3

Spataru On the Right Side of a Cooler

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With around 30,000 in the middle on a 4♣3♠9♠ flop, Andrei Spataru fired out 13,500 and Kianoosh Matin shoved. Spataru had around 65,000 behind and immediately called, leaving him at risk.

Andrei Spataru: A♠A♦ All in
Kianoosh Matin: Q♥Q♣

Spataru found himself on the right side of the cooler, and didn't need to fade any outs after the A♥ turn improved him to an unbeatable set. A meaningless 3♦ filled out the board and the stacks were counted down. Matin was up on his feet and ready to go, but realized he had 1,500 remaining in his stack.

"Chip and a chair," said Spataru.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Spataru	160,000 160,000	160,000
Kianoosh Matin	1,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Andrei Spataru Kianoosh Matin

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

07-29-2025 15:00 UTC+3

Farah's Turn Bet Does the Trick

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was a raise from the button and call from the small blind before Elie Farah made it 13,000 to go from the big blind. Only the button called.

Farah continued for 7,500 on the 10♥A♠9♦ flop, and got a call to see the 2♥ drop on the turn. Farah took a look at his opponents' stack and then announced a bet of 22,000. That was enough to force a fold, earning Farah the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elie Farah	135,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Elie Farah

07-29-2025 14:52 UTC+3

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Milos Skrbic	120,000 10,000	10,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	100,000 100,000	100,000
Esper Sadek	90,000 90,000	90,000
Antoine Daou	90,000 90,000	90,000
Florian Duta	85,000 85,000	85,000
Aren Bezhanyan	75,000
Nikolay Fal	65,000 30,000	30,000

Konstantin Kvashin	60,000 50,000	50,000