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07-31-2025 15:06 UTC+2

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Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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07-31-2025 14:57 UTC+2

Bezhanyan Triples Up in Wild Hand

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Somebody sound the monster pot siren!

Jalal Jafari opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Aren Bezhanyan three-bet to 230,000 on the button. Mohamed El-Wely cold-called from the small blind, and Jafari also called.

The flop came 5♦9♦2♥ and El-Wely decided to lead for 85,000. Jafari called before Bezhanyan shoved for 710,000. El-Wely wasted no time in calling, then Jafari back-raised all in for 1,575,000. El-Wely started counting out his stack and after putting in the 710,000, he realized he had around 1,000,000 behind. After thinking a bit longer, he elected to fold, despite the great odds he was getting.

Aren Bezhanyan: A♣5♥ All in
Jalal Jafari: A♦3♦

El-Wely was furious after seeing the cards turned on their backs and told his friend that he folded pocket eights. There was still a runout to come, but the 9♥10♠ turn and river changed nothing as Jafari missed his combo draw, which meant Bezhanyan scooped a massive pot with his pair of fives.

"You have nothing!" shouted El-Wely to Jafari, who was visibly frustrated at why Jafari didn't just call on the flop. Regardless, what's done is done and Bezhanyan stormed back up the leaderboard with a stack of around 3,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aren Bezhanyan	3,000,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Mohamed El-Wely	1,000,000 800,000	800,000
Jalal Jafari	850,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Aren Bezhanyan Jalal Jafari Mohamed El-Wely

07-31-2025 14:38 UTC+2

More to Hit the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	Busted
Ege Guven	Busted
Ali Rachedi	Busted
Abdelmajid Chiboub	Busted
Ilia Pyrkov	Busted
Timur Margolin	Busted

Avraham Cohen	Busted
Hassan Nashar	Busted

Ruslan Isaevich	Busted
Georgios Tsouloftas	Busted
Sukhrat Massimov	Busted
Dmitrii Kopyl	Busted
Denis Vladimirov	Busted
Joseph Sabe	Busted
Mihai Niste	Busted
Bassel Moussa	Busted
Gurcan Gungoren	Busted
Changyang Liu	Busted

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

07-31-2025 14:29 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragos-Florin Anton	2,050,000 350,000	350,000
Mohamed El-Wely	1,800,000 500,000	500,000
Yilu Yuan	1,600,000 250,000	250,000
Dawid Smolka	1,600,000 75,000	75,000
Gerard Carbo Santamaria	1,200,000
Aren Bezhanyan	1,100,000 600,000	600,000
Konstantin Voronin	1,000,000 100,000	100,000

Soraya Estrada	900,000 640,000	640,000
Xiaosheng Zheng	900,000 690,000	690,000
Cedric Schwaederle	450,000 170,000	170,000

07-31-2025 14:23 UTC+2

Orman Chips Up as Chiboub Heads Home

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Leonid Orman opened the cutoff to 60,000 and Maciej Toma three-bet to 200,000 from the small blind. Abdelmajid Chiboub was in the big blind and put in his 55,000, and Orman called the three-bet.

On the K♥A♦J♣ flop, Toma bet 130,000, which Orman called to the J♥ turn, where both checked.

A 2♣ fell on the river and both checked it down, with Toma showing K♦10♥ and Orman A♥9♥ to claim the main pot with a pair of aces. The side pot also went Orman's way as Chiboub showed 3♦2♥ for just a pair of deuces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin LeBlond	2,000,000 1,540,000	1,540,000
Leonid Orman	1,550,000 550,000	550,000
Maciej Toma	600,000 500,000	500,000
Abdelmajid Chiboub	Busted

Tags: Abdelmajid Chiboub Leonid Orman Maciej Toma

07-31-2025 14:14 UTC+2

Crespi Chip Leads

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Joan Crespi appears to be the chip leader with a stack of around 4,300,000. A portion of that came in a hand he just played with Abdou Antoun.

There were already around 800,000 in the middle on a board of J♣3♦7♦9♠ when Crespi shoved from under the gun, putting Antoun to the test for his stack of around 400,000. Eventually Antoun folded, and Crespi added to his massive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joan Crespi	4,300,000 2,350,000	2,350,000
Abdou Antoun	400,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Abdou Antoun Joan Crespi

07-31-2025 14:00 UTC+2

Nashar Rakes a Small Pot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Danielle Noja opened from early position to 60,000 and Hassan Nashar called in the next seat. Mohamed El-Wely also called from the big blind.

All three checked the 10♦9♦K♥ flop to the Q♠ turn, where the action got to Nashar, who fired out 225,000. El-Wely and Noja both folded, and Nashar raked in some much-needed chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed El-Wely	1,300,000 400,000	400,000
Hassan Nashar	575,000 75,000	75,000

Danielle Noja	500,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Danielle Noja Hassan Nashar Mohamed El-Wely

07-31-2025 13:56 UTC+2

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Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

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07-31-2025 13:49 UTC+2