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Dimitar Danchev raised to 20,000 on the button with 7♥5♣ and Florian Pesce called in the big blind with A♣2♦.
Both players checked on the flop of 3♥9♥7♣ and Pesce checked again on the 9♦ turn. Danchev bet 12,000 and Pesce called.
Pesce checked once more on the 6♣ river and Danchev bet 50,000. Pesce laid it down.
Dimitar Danchev defended his big blind after Florian Pesce had raised to 20,000.
Danchev then check-called a bet of 10,000 on the 4♦9♠9♥ flop, and then again on the K♥ turn, this time for 45,000.
When the K♣ completed the board, Danchev didn't wait to see what Pesce wanted to do, instead leading out for 150,000. Pesce didn't take much time in calling, and flipped over the winner with 9♦8♥ after Danchev tabled his ten-high bluff with 10♥5♥.
Level: 36
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Biao Ding raised to 18,000 with Q♦3♥ on the button and Daniel Negreanu called in the big blind. with 7♠7♥.
Negreanu checked on the flop of A♣9♥7♣ and Ding checked back. Negreanu then bet 18,000 on the J♣ turn and Ding quickly folded.
After raising to 15,000 on the button with J♦10♥, Daniel Negreanu called when Biao Ding three-bet to 80,000 from the big blind with A♠J♠.
Ding continued for 30,000 on the 9♣Q♣8♣, but quickly faded when Negreanu raised to 80,000.
Dimitar Danchev raised to 15,000 on the button with 9♣5♣, and Florian Pesce defended his big blind with K♦10♣.
Pesce opted to check-raise on the 5♥K♠2♦ flop, making it 28,000 after Danchev had continued for 9,000.
Pesce reverted to checking on the 8♠ turn, and Danchev checked behind.
The 2♣ completed the board, and Pesce picked his betting lead back up, putting a chunky 175,000 into the middle, two times the pot size. Danchev deliberated but ultimately made the correct decision and folded.
Ryuta Nakai raised to 15,000 on the button with 6♥4♣ and Michael Mizrachi defended in the big blind with 10♥5♥.
Mizrachi check-called a bet of 10,000 on the flop of 6♣10♦6♦ and then check-called a bet of 50,000 on the 3♣ turn.
Mizrachi checked once more on the Q♦ river and Nakai fired a bet of 125,000. Mizrachi went in the tank before making the right fold.
Cary Katz limped in on the button with K♣2♥, and Julien Sitbon checked his option with 9♣5♥.
The action checked through on the 4♥3♥2♣ flop, but when Sitbon checked for a second time on the 4♦ turn, Katz flicked a one-chip bet into the middle.
"I'm just going to put a little bait out there," Katz said as he threw a 5,000 chip into the middle.
"It has to be a minimum 6,000 because we have the blinds," Sitbon advised as he called.
"That's how weak my hand is, I couldn't even put a whole blind out," Katz responded.
Sitbon then lead out for 10,000 on the 8♥ river, which managed to get Katz to fold the best hand.
Julien Sitbon raised to 15,000 on the button with J♣3♣ and Cary Katz called in the big blind with 4♠4♣.
Katz checked on the flop of 8♠A♣4♦ and Sitbon continued for 8,000. Katz just called with his bottom set. Katz checked again on the 7♦ turn and Sitbon checked back.
The 2♠ river completed the board and Katz fired for 25,000. Sitbon laid it down.
Michael Mizrachi opened to 13,000 on the button with Q♦J♥ and Ryuta Nakai defended in the big blind with 10♠3♣.
Nakai checked on the flop of 3♥8♦9♦ and Mizarchi gave two thumbs up to indicate a bet of 10,000. Nakai called with his bottom pair. Nakai checked again on the 5♦ turn and Mizarchi sized up to 26,000. Nakai folded the winner.
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