Bassel Moussa checked the river of an across to his opponent. The latter tanked for several minutes, even getting the clock called on him before he finally bet 8,000 into a pot containing nearly twice that amount.
Now it was Moussa's time to tank and he alternatively stared at the board, his cards and the chips in the middle. Finally he tossed in the call, in hope rather than desperation.
However his opponent flipped for top two pair and a disappointed Moussa flashed to his next-door neighbour.
In a three-bet pot, Igor Dorozhkin check-called a bet of 2,150 from Kelly Kim on a board to see the on the turn, which both players checked. The river saw Dorozhkin bet 6,500 and Kim began to analyse the possibilities, eventually throwing in the call.
Dorozhkin quickly flipped for for the nuts leading to a quick muck from the former November Niner.
Just before the break Koray Aldemir bet 200 on a flop of and was raised by American Kelly Kim in position to 600. Aldemir took his time and called the bet. The turn was the and when Aldemir checked Kim made it 1,050 to go. The on the river and Aldemir checked it over once more to Kim. He wasn’t falling for the bait though and checked behind.
“I have the nuts.” announced Aldemir. Indeed he did, tabling . as Kim gave a little chuckle.
On the turn of a board, Rami Shouman fired out a sizeable bet of 3,650 and Tom Carpenter made the call to see the on the river. Shouman now bet 6,500 and Carpenter shrugged and tossed in another call.
Shouman flipped for a backdoored full house and Carpenter's body sunk back into his seat. If he had been able to, Carpenter's jaw would've dropped several feet like a cartoon.
Florence Allera seems to have a few players on her table slightly confused. It hasn’t been a completely successful strategy but it certainly worked in this hand. Rauf Bikbulatov bet 1,000 from the big blind on a board of and Allera called from the button.
The turn brought the . When Bikbulatov continued the aggression with a bet of 1,360 he was faced with a raise from Allera to 2,800 and he was forced to release his hand.
Karen Karamanov raised pre-flop to 400 and was called from the button by young Austrian pro Fedor Holz. The blinds folded and the two players saw to a flop of . Karamanov continued with a bet of 600 and was called again. A potential scare card, the was the next out of the deck and it encouraged Karamanov to announce a bet of “Eight hundred.” before throwing out a large denomination chip.
Holz called and while Karamanov was sorting out the change the dealer had passed him, the river was dealt . Seemingly paying little attention to the last card Karamanov cut out some freshly stacked small chips and bet 2,400. Holz nonchalantly called but he didn’t have to show as Karamanov mucked his cards.