Kalidou Sow was in middle position and bet 150,000, roughly the size of the pot, on a completed board of . Walter Oaquim made the call from the button after some thought, and Sow showed him for deuces full.
A couple hands after shoving while just waking up on the table, Aleksandr Orlov pulled the same stunt again. This time, the dealer again had to wake him and he raised to 20,000. Big blind Jason Wheeler called.
Wheeler checked on and Orlov pushed for 71,000. Wheeler called with and found out soon enough that he was trailing: for Orlov.
The on the turn sealed it for Orlov and the on the river was there just for good measures.
Dermot Blain was really laughing now, though he apologized to Wheeler as the latter had just lost a sizable pot.
"No, no, it's good," Wheeler said with somewhat of a wry smile.
Boris Kolev raised to 20,000 early and got three-bet to 62,000 by Serhii Popovych. Kolev shoved after thinking awhile and got snapped off for about 220,000.
Kolev:
Popovych:
The flop made for a short sweat and the officially ended any hopes Kolev had on the turn.
Alex Foxen opened under the gun plus one for 18,000 and Viliyan Petleshkov three-bet all in from the button for 119,000. Big blind Ji Zhang shoved over the top for 293,000 and Foxen folded.
Viliyan Petleshkov:
Ji Zhang:
The flop () and turn () proved no harm to Petleshkov but the on the river made Zhang a set and Petleshkov hit the rail.
Pierre Calamusa had an all-in wager in front of him in middle position when we got to his table. The board read and Calamusa had put in about 350,000 effective, which looked to be over the size of the pot. Opponent Nir Levy was deep in the tank on the button and the supervisor had begun his one-minute clock countdown.
"Show me if I fold?" he asked.
Calamusa shook his head.
With two seconds left until his hand would be declared dead, Levy mucked. Calamusa immediately rolled over. Levy knuckled the table in salute.
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. Walter Oaquim made the call from the button after some thought, and Sow showed him 
for deuces full.
and Orlov pushed for 71,000. Wheeler called with 
and found out soon enough that he was trailing: 
on the turn sealed it for Orlov and the 
on the river was there just for good measures.
flop made for a short sweat and the 
officially ended any hopes Kolev had on the turn.
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over. Levy knuckled the table in salute.
