In a three-bet pot worth 50,000, Hao Tian checked the J♠5♠K♠ flop from the hijack to Aleksandr Kirichenko on the button. Kirichenko added 14,000 to the pot, and Tian called.
After both players had checked the J♦ turn, Tian also checked the A♠ river. Kirichenko fired a pot-sized bet of 75,000 in response, and he was rewarded with a fold after Tian mulled things over for a minute or so.
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
It folded to Kanan Taherkhani on the button, who flicked in a raise to 6,000. Amir Hatefi three-bet to 15,000 in the small blind, and Alessio Isaia called cold in the big blind.
Taherkhani then four-bet to 61,000, with Hatefi and Isaia both calling. It checked to Taherkhani on the 2♠7♥7♣ flop. He fired for 100,000, folding out Hatefi.
However, Isaia put his opponent all in for 277,000, and Taherkhani called, putting himself at risk.
Kanan Taherkhani: A♣K♥ 
Alessio Isaia: 9♠9♥
Taherkhani was up against his favorite hand, and it took all his chips when the 8♦J♠ runout left him with ace-high.
Timur Kurbanov open-raised to 5,000 as first to act. Akin Tuna called from the next seat over, after which the folded to Sergei Petrushevskii in the big blind.
The table chipleader three-bet to 25,000, prompting Kurbanov to go all in for 121,000. Tuna quickly vacated the pot, but Petrushevskii called.
Timur Kurbanov: K♥K♣
Sergei Petrushevskii: Q♥Q♦
THe 4♥8♥7♠7♣A♣ runout brought no surprises, so Kurbanov's kings held for the double-up.
Wai Sim Kok made it 5,000 to go from middle position, and Wesley Fei flat-called in the cutoff. The duo saw a 3♦3♣4♣ flop, on which Kok check-called a bet of 11,000 by Fei.
Kok then led out for 18,000 on the 5♦ turn. Fei did not buy his opponent's story, and he raised to 50,000 in response. Kok called before he checked the 2♥ river.
Fei moved all in for 134,000 in response. Kok tanked for a bit, but eventually surrendered his cards and thus the pot.
Austin Prakesh opened his button to 6,000, and Kanan Taherkhani three-bet to 18,000 in the small blind. Prakesh called, and the dealer fanned the 10♥8♣9♦ flop.
Taherkanhi continued for 10,000, and Prakesh called. The 6♠ turn brought four to a straight on the board, and it slowed Taherkhani down. He checked before calling when Prakesh bet 30,000.
After another check, Prakesh tossed in 55,000 on the 3♥ river. Taherkhani swiftly called, and Prakesh showed K♥6♥ for just a pair of sixes.
"My favorite," Taherkhani declared as he tabled 9♠9♣ and showed off the number nine tattooed on his right forearm.
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Espen Jorstad memorably won the WSOP Main Event in 2022. But the victory, which netted him $10 million and a gold bracelet, didn't come without some difficult decisions.
The champion, in a GTO Wizard video, broke down the ICM implications of his decisions along the way at the final table four years ago.
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