Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The 99 players seated in the Main Event have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Igor Picone raised to 4,500 from middle position. It folded to Diana Kalietina in the big blind, who defended. Kalietina check-called Picone's continuation-bet of 8,000 on the 6♥9♥A♠ flop, and she checked again on the K♦ turn.
Picone fired an overbet worth 35,000, which Kalietina rapidly called. Kalietina then spent a while in the tank on the 4♥ river. Ultimately, she led out with a bet of 25,000.
"Good price," Picone commented before he called. Kalietina revealed A♥7♠ for top pair, but it was not enough as Picone had flopped two pair with A♣6♣.
Aleksandr Chernikov limped in from middle position. Hadi Khordbin then raised to 7,000 in the cutoff, and Mahmoud Bedoui flat-called on the button.
Small blind Vitalijs Korhs upped the ante further with a three-bet to 28,000, but only Chernikov came along to the 8♠A♣10♣ flop.
Korhs continued with a bet of 22,000, and he sized up to 40,000 on the K♠ turn once Chernikov had called. Chernikov tossed in more calling chips, revealing the K♦ on the river.
Korhs slowed down with a check, allowing Chernikov to bet 76,000. Korhs eventually added his cards to the muck, and Chernikov dragged the pot while showing he played the board with 4♣3♣.
Table chipleader Jakub Sterba opened to 5,000 under the gun. Trung Hieu Nguyen three-bet to 18,000 from the cutoff, and the two went heads up to the A♦2♦A♣ flop when Sterba called.
Sterba check-called Nguyen's continuation-bet of 16,000, after which both players checked the Q♣ turn.
Sterba then took a stab at the pot on the Q♦ river with a bet of 35,000, but he quickly folded when Nguyen raised to 130,000.
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Elias Suhonen raised to 3,500 under the gun, and Mengdian Peng called in the next seat over. Suhonen then checked the 8♥8♣5♠ flop to Peng, who bet 4,000.
Suhonen activated his trap card and raised to 15,000. Peng called, and he called again when Suhonen sized up to 20,000 on the K♣ turn.
Suhonen tossed in another 20,000 on the 6♠ river. This time, Peng raised to 65,000, but Suhonen wanted to play for even more and three-bet to 180,000.
Peng did not take long before he moved all in, and Suhonen quickly called off his last 2,000. Peng showed A♠K♠, which Suhonen comfortably beat with 5♥5♣ for a full house.
Duru Corekcioglu opened the action with a raise to 3,500 under the gun. Terrance Reid called in the cutoff, and Xiang Chen defended his big blind.
Xiang then checked the 3♠9♠7♣ flop to Corekcioglu, and he continued for 5,000. Reid called, but Chen had other plans and raised to 17,000. Corekcioglu folded in response, but Reid bought another card with a call.
The pair saw the 10♥ appear on the turn. Chen blasted 55,000 into the pot, and Reid responded with another call. Chen slowed down on the 9♥ river, prompting Reid to put his opponent to the test and move all in.
After some thought, Chen decided to call off his stack of 176,000. Reid revealed J♣8♣ for a straight, leaving Chen's 10♣3♣ for two pair in the dust.