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Brandon Wilson raised Michael Steele's 4,000-chip bet to 9,000 on a flop of 4♣7♥6♦. Steele made the call.
Wilson fired 18,000 when the 10♣ hit on the turn. Steele went all in over the top with his last 94,600. Wilson called.
Michael Steele: 6♥4♦
Brandon Wilson: Q♣8♣
Steele's two pair held up when the K♠ came on the river, giving him the double-up and chip lead.
Level: 9
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Shogo Otani called from the button and Artur Martirosian checked his option from the big blind.
The dealer fanned out the 4♣9♥5♠ flop and Martirosian knuckled it over to Otani, who bet 3,000. Martirosian check-raised to 9,000, which Otani called.
Martirosian continued on the 8♠ turn with a bet of 7,000 and Otani stuck around with a call.
The K♦ rolled off on the river and Martirosian bet 11,000. Otani quickly jammed, covering Martirosian, and Martirosian went into the tank.
Martirosian burned through three time banks before eventually deciding to preserve his remaining 65,000 and fold.
Nikolai Mamut limped on the button and Klemens Roiter checked his option leading them to a friendly flop.
The flop came 5♥10♦Q♣ which both players checked. Roiter check-called Mamut's minimum bet of 3,000 to see the last card which fell Q♥.
Keeping it friendly, action went check, check.
Roiter showed 4♦5♣ while Mamut showed 6♠5♠ for a split pot.
On a board of 4♥7♥A♦K♠, Mike Shi checked the big blind and Julien Sitbon bet the pot for 16,000 from the button. Shi called.
Shi checked for the last time on the 9♥ river and Sitbon shoved. Shi had the effective stack of 70,000, and after a bit of a tank, Shi called.
Sitbon showed a rivered flush with Q♥6♥ to win the match as Shi held A♥2♦ for top pair.
Michael Moncek opened to 7,500 and Nick Yunis in the big blind called, leading them to see some community cards.
The flop came K♠J♣9♣. Yunis check-raised Moncek's bet of 8,000 and made it 25,000. After a few seconds of thought, Moncek, unwilling to pay the price for the turn, folded his hand.
Ivan Deyra jammed the button and Bill Klein called from the big blind for his stack of 30,000.
Bill Klein: A♦6♠
Ivan Deyra: K♣5♦
Klein's ace-high stayed best through the 8♦3♠7♣3♦4♥ runout, and he doubled up to 60,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Pieter Aerts opened to 5,000 from the button and got a three-bet from Thomas Boivin to 20,000. Aerts called to see a flop.
The dealer flopped 4♦9♠2♣. Boivin kept the heat up with a 14,000 bet. Aerts, unfazed, hung on to see another card.
The 9♣ fell, on the turn, and Boivin failed to shake Aerts off the hand again with a 17,000 bet. He finally slowed down with a check on the 10♥ river, triggering Aerts to shove all in for 102,800.
Boivin asked for a count and threw in a time card before surrendering both the hand and the pot to Aerts.
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