Catching the action on a 7♥K♥5♥8♦3♦ river, Mekan Yusupov checked from the hijack to Merijn van Rooij in the cutoff. Van Rooij then shoved his stack of 332,000 into a pot of roughly 300,000.
Yusupov mulled it over for quite a while, spending over two minutes from his time bank before finally folding. Van Rooij quickly dragged the pot, opting not to reveal his holding.
Level: 12
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Day 1b of the Triton ONE North Cyprus $5k Mystery Bounty added 287 more entries to the tally.
Combined with Day 1a, the total number of entries comes to 607, resulting in a $1,545,422 regular prize pool and a $1,214,000 bounty prize pool.
Meanwhile, Day 1b will conclude when 72 players remain.
Igor Picone open-raised to 21,000 in early position. Harry Halim flat-called in the cutoff, and Eric Tsai defended his big blind. Picone continued for 25,000 on the 7♠Q♦5♦ flop, Halim called, and Tsai check-folded.
Picone sized up to 40,000 on the 10♦ turn. Halim did not call this time; instead, he raised to 140,000. Picone added calling chips to the middle, and the 4♣ river completed the board afterward.
Picone checked to Halim, who settled on a bet of 150,000. Picone quickly looked his opponent up, but he could not beat Halim's 8♦6♦, and the table chip leader dragged another pot to extend his lead.
Jingxuan Zhu kicked off the action with a raise to 20,000 under the gun. It folded to Pavels Spirins on the button, who put his 125,000 at risk with an all-in three-bet.
Sergio Aido then four-bet jammed for 320,000 from the small blind, and big blind Ignas Jasinevicius five-bet jammed for 398,000. Zhu had seen enough, and he quickly added his cards to the muck.
Pavels Spirins: 5♥5♦ 
Sergio Aido: 10♦10♣
Ignas Jasinevicius: A♥A♦
Jasinevicius' aces looked set to score a double knockout after the K♠3♠Q♦ flop and 2♣ turn, but Aido hit one of his two outs on the 10♠ river.
Aido was awarded the big pot, knocking out Spirins and leaving Jasinevius with less than eight big blinds.
Raoul Kanme opened to 20,000 in the cutoff. It folded to Dmitrii Kravchenko in the big blind, who placed a tiny three-bet to 40,000. Kanme called, and the flop was dealt J♣8♣5♦.
Kravchenko proceeded carefully and checked it to Kanme. Kanme took back the initiative with a bet of 30,000, and Kravchenko called.
Kanme quadrupled his sizing to 120,000 on the 7♥ turn, but it was not enough to deter Kravchenko from check-calling again.
Kravchenko checked a third time on the K♦ river. This time, Kanme moved all in, covering Kravchenko's 208,000 remaining chips. Kravchenko did not take long before he called.
Kanme tabled 6♣4♣ for a turned straight, and Kravchenko headed to the exit after showing his Q♥J♠.
Level: 11
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
In the 1,012th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by Solana, Chad Holloway has a very special one-on-one interview with the Mad Genius of Poker, Mike Caro.
The legendary poker player disappeared from the poker world 20 years ago, and Chad managed to track him down for an exclusive two-part interview. In Part I, Caro talks about his early days in poker, mastering poker tells, and some of his famous laws such as "The Law of Least Tilt" and the "Threshold of Misery."
Caro then discusses some of his poker books, including writing Super System alongside his good friend and longtime confidant Doyle Brunson. A forerunner in the world of poker technology, Caro also shares details about his early computer program ORAC, signing on with the first-ever online poker site, Planet Poker, and being an ambassador for Doyle's Room.
Part II of Mike Caro's interview will air at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET on Thursday, October 29, so be sure to tune in then.
Also, check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.
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