Guillaume Nolet made it 1,300 to go on the button and Aleksei Shchekutov three-bet to 5,000 on the button for Nolet to call. The flop was checked and Shchekutov bet the turn for 6,000, which Nolet called.
Both then checked the on the river and Shchekutov tabled the , which ended up as the winning hand.
With the completed board on show and 13,000 in the pot, Michael Gathy checked from the big blind. Erik Seidel then moved all in for 10,000 from early position and after several moments of thinking, Gathy returned his cards to the dealer.
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Joining the action on a flop, Nicholas Marchington checked and then called a bet by Niko Koop for 1,300. The on the turn was checked and Marchington bet the river for 4,000. Only around ten seconds passed before Koop sent the cards into the muck.
While Koop remains above the starting stack, Marchington is on the way back there on yet another different table in his Day 1a journey.
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Niko Koop raised from early position and was called by Rodrigo Selouan in the big blind.
The flop came and was checked to Koop who continued for 2,000 into the 3,700 pot. Selouan check-called.
The turn was the and was checked through to the river. Selouan checked again but Koop bet 2,500. Selouan check-called. Koop tabled for top pair to take down the pot as Selouan mucked.
With 3,000 in the middle and a flop of , Alexandros Kolonias checked out of the big blind. He then faced a bet worth 2,100 by Lance Steinberg and called. Both headed to the turn on which Kolonias checked with a shorter stack behind. Steinberg bet 7,200 to cover Kolonias, who quickly folded.
The Greek poker pro and entire table was shown the for top pair and top kicker by Steinberg.