2026 Onyx High Roller Series
Chip Counts
The 44 players are going on a 15-minute break.
Atilla Saracoglu raised to 16,000 from under the gun, and Artur Martirosian defended his big blind.
Martirosian checked to Saracoglu on the K♥9♣10♥ flop, and Saracoglu continued for 16,000. Martirosian called.
Both players checked the 6♦ turn before the 7♠ completed the board. Martirosian then led out for 64,000, and Saracoglu quickly called.
Martirosian turned over 8♠6♥ for a straight, which was enough to earn him the pot.
Ali Al-Kubasi moved all in from under the gun for around 180,000, and Raoul Kanme called off his stack of 135,000 from the button.
Raoul Kanme: J♥J♣
Ali Al-Kubasi: A♦10♠
Kanme's pocket jacks put him in a strong position to double up, as he simply needed to avoid an ace.
He managed to do exactly that on the K♦3♥2♥3♠8♠ runout, and his jacks remained best to earn him a double through Al-Kubasi.
In a single-raised pot, on a flop of A♦5♦4♣, Boris Kolev in the big blind, Sebastian Toro in middle position, and Espen Sandvik on the button got all of their chips into the middle in a pot worth around 400,000, with Toro covering both players.
Espen Sandvik: K♦8♦
Boris Kolev: 9♦2♦
Sebastian Toro: A♠8♣
Sandvik and Kolev had both flopped flush draws, while Kolev also held a gutshot straight draw. Toro's pair of aces was still in front, but he had plenty of outs to dodge if he wanted to send two players to the rail.
The 6♥ turn gave Sandvik additional straight outs, while the J♦ river completed the flush draws of both Sandvik and Kolev.
Sandvik had the shortest stack of the three, with 123,000, and tripled up with the nut flush. Kolev doubled through Toro, leaving the latter with around 85,000 chips and Kolev with approximately 24,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Yilu Yuan raised to 12,000 from the hijack, and Aliaksandr Hirs defended from the big blind.
Hirs check-called Yuan's 10,000 continuation-bet on the K♣J♣9♥ flop before both players checked the Q♦ turn.
The 5♣ completed the board, and Hirs led out for 40,000. The bet was enough to force Yuan into the tank, and after using a time bank, he ultimately elected to fold.
Ali Al-Kubasi completed from the small blind, and Mehdi Chaoui checked his option in the big blind.
Al-Kubasi led out for the minimum on the monotone 6♦2♦Q♦ flop, betting 6,000, and Chaoui continued with a call.
The K♥ turn saw Al-Kubasi check, after which Chaoui bet 10,000. Al-Kubasi wasn't done just yet and stuck around with a call.
The 5♣ completed the board, and Al-Kubasi check-folded in the face of a 33,000 bet from Chaoui.
Stefan Lehner moved all in for 61,000 from under the gun, and Lars Kamphues called from the hijack.
Stefan Lehner: A♥9♥
Lars Kamphues: Q♥Q♦
Lehner had a difficult task ahead of him as he looked to overcome Kamphues' pocket queens.
He found some help on the 2♣9♦8♦ flop by pairing his nine.
The 5♠ turn changed nothing, but the dream A♦ river improved Lehner to two pair and earned him a much-needed double-up.