Milad Oghabian Langar raised the button to 1,500 before Viacheslav Balaev three-bet the small blind to 5,000. Langar called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned out the flop of 8♠10♠4♦, and Balaev put out a bet of 3,000. Langar pondered briefly and then made the call.
Balaev bet again upon seeing the K♠ drop on the turn, this time for 12,500. Langar tossed his cards into the muck, allowing Balaev to win another pot.
Leonid Orman made it 1,400 from the cutoff with Sukhrat Massimov calling from the button, and Viacheslav Balaev defending his big blind.
Balaev checked a flop of J♣3♦J♠, prompting Orman to bet 1,300. Massimov called before Balaev sprung into action with a check-raise to 4,000, which was only called by Orman.
A 8♥ dropped on the turn and Balaev continued with a bet of 15,000. Orman slid his cards back to the dealer and surrendered the pot to Balaev.
From the cutoff, Cheng Zhao checked the turn on a board of 4♠6♣6♦Q♣, and faced a near pot-sized bet of 16,000 by Mustafa Biz on the button. Zhao took a few moments, then made the call.
Zhao checked the action over to Biz on the 8♦ river, and Biz decided to check it back. Zhao revealed a pair of fives with 5♥5♦, prompting Biz to tap the table and muck.
Level: 2
Blinds: 400/600
Ante: 600
Salah Assi started with a limp from the cutoff and Aren Bezhanyan raised to 4,200 out of the small blind. After the big blind folded, Assi stuck in the call.
Bezhanyan started with a check on the J♥6♦9♦ flop, and Assi bet 4,200. Bezhanyan came in with a check-raise to 14,000, which Assi immediately called.
The 8♣ rolled off on the turn, and Bezhanyan tossed out one T-25,000 chip. This was enough to for Assi to return his cards to the dealer, and Bezhanyan pulled in the pot.
Arriving at the table to see a pot of roughly 70,000 had already formed with a compelted board of 3♥4♥8♦9♣5♣ showing. Timothy Chung checked from the blinds, and Toni Judet jammed for about the size of the pot from the button.
Chung released his cards quickly, allowing Judet to pick up the pot.
Antoine Hasbani checked from the small blind and Viacheslav Buldygin checked out of the big blind on a flop of J♠5♣2♥. Sari Haddad bet 700 from the button, which Hasbani and Buldygin called.
Hasbani chose to lead out for 5,000 upon seeing the 9♥ turn, which only Buldygin called.
The 6♦ river saw Hasbani opt for a check-call after Buldygin bet 4,500. Buldygin turned over Q♥J♥ for top pair, but was out-kicked by Hasbani's K♣J♣.
Cards are in the air and play has started on Day 1b of the $10,400 GG Million$ with 27 players registered.
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