Level: 5
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
David Coleman raised to 5,500 from middle position, Alex Kulev called from the small blind, and Mikita Badziakouski called from the big blind.
All three players checked the 5♦2♣K♥ flop before Kulev led for 5,500 on the 6♣ turn. Badziakouski took his time before announcing a raise to 19,000, which was met with quick folds from both Coleman and Kulev.
With 48,000 having gone into the pot preflop between Artur Martirosian and Paulius Vaitekunas in the blinds, the dealer fanned the 6♦4♦3♥ flop.
Martirosian was first to act and settled on a bet of 17,000, which Vaitekunas called. The 2♣ joined on the turn, prompting another bet and a call, this time for 34,000.
The 3♦ rolled off on the river, and Martirosian slowed down by checking. Vaitekunas thought for a while, then bet enough to put Martirosian all in for his remaining 140,000 or so.
Martirosian went deep into thought, pondering the spot for his tournament life for quite some time. Roughly four minutes later, and after using the majority of his time banks, Martirosian folded, giving up the pot to Vaitekunas.
Thomas Alfred Mayer raised to 6,000 on the button, and Fabian Schmidt called from the small blind. The big blind folded.
The flop came K♣9♣5♠, and Mayer bet 5,000, which Schmidt check-called.
Both players checked the Q♦ turn and checked again on the 6♦ river.
Schmidt tabled 7♥5♥ for a pair of fives, but Mayer showed Q♣J♦ for a pair of queens to take the pot.
Paulius Vaitekunas raised to 6,000 from under the gun before Thomas Alfred Mayer three-bet the cutoff to 18,000. Artur Martirosian, while having his neck soothed by a massage, looked up at the table, saw the action in front of him and decided three bets simply weren't enough, so he four-bet to 45,000 from the big blind.
Vaitekunas came back with the first five-bet of the day, making it a cool 100,000 to go. That was finally enough to bring the raising contest to an end, as Mayer and Martirosian let it go.
Mayer pleaded with Vaitekunas to show one, but he wasn't feeling quite that generous. Instead, Vaitekunas quietly collected over twenty big blinds without the dealer ever needing to spread a flop.
Heads-up to the monotone A♦J♦10♦ flop with about 41,000 in the pot, Alex Kulev checked from under the gun and Aleksejs Ponakovs checked behind in the cutoff.
The 2♥ joined on the turn, and Kulev decided to lead for 34,500. Ponakovs wasn't going anywhere, as he called.
A board-pairing J♣ came on the river, and Kulev led out for the last time with a bet of 82,000. Ponakovs used a few of his time banks and elected to return his cards to the dealer.
The board was showing 2♦9♣9♦, and next to the flop there were roughly 57,000 chips in the pot.
David Coleman bet 28,000 from the small blind, and Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 60,000 on the button. Coleman made the call.
Ponakovs did not slow down on the Q♣ turn as he bet 39,000, and Coleman check-called.
The 3♠ landed on the river, and Ponakovs put Coleman all in for his remaining 95,000. Coleman instantly folded while letting out a sigh.
Thomas Alfred Mayer checked from the big blind with 25,500 in the pot on a board of 8♥K♥4♠K♠A♥. Fabian Schmidt thought for a few moments, then decided to bet 15,000 from under the gun.
Mayer looked at Schmidt, peeked back at his cards, and then threw in the call.
Schmidt showed queen-high with Q♣10♥, losing the pot to Mayer's 9♠8♦ for just a pair of eights.
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500