Sachin Joshi raised from the button and Luke Marsh defended out of the big blind.
They went heads-up to a flop of A♠2♦7♠ and Marsh check-called a bet of 4,500 from Joshi.
The 7♣ fell on the turn and Marsh led out for 7,000. Joshi carved out the call.
When the 2♥ came on the river, Marsh fired an overbet of 70,000. Joshi pondered for about a minute before eventually folding and surrendering the pot over to Marsh.
Alexander Sokolovsky raised to 6,500 from early position before Atilla Saracoglu three-bet to 14,000 from the cutoff. Aleksandr Chernikov cold called out of the big blind, but Sokolovsky four-bet to 50,000. Saracoglu folded, and Chernikov called.
The flop came down 2♠A♠10♦ and Chernikov checked to Sokolovsky. Sokolovsky fired a continuation-bet of 30,000 and Chernikov snap-folded his hand.
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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Heads-up to the turn with the board showing 5♣9♦J♦6♦. Bogdan Jontulovic was first to act from the big blind and chose to put out a bet of 15,500. His opponent, in the cutoff thought for a few moments before making the call.
The two players saw the 7♥ land on the river and Jontulovic bet again, this time for 11,000. The cutoff player thought it over for quite some time before he eventually, opted to fold his cards and forfeit the pot to Jontulovic.
Florian Duta defended his big blind to an early position raise from Nemo Israel. The two players saw a flop of J♦10♣3♣ come out and Duta check-called a bet of 7,500 from Israel.
The 4♣ turn got checked through for the 9♣ to hit the river, bringing in the fourth club on board. Duta put out a min-bet of 2,500 and Israel reluctantly called.
Duta showed second pair with A♥10♥, which couldn't beat the J♠9♠ of Israel for top pair.
Paul Runcan raised to 5,000 from the jack and Ihar Soika three-bet to 22,000 out of the big blind. Runcan called to a flop.
Soika put out a continuation-bet of 22,500 on the 2♦2♥3♣ flop and Runcan called.
The turn came the 4♥ and Soika fired a bet of 38,000. Runcan didn't take long to fold and Soika dragged in the pot.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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