After a series of preflop raises, Zakhar Galper and Ovidiu Oprea got all of the chips in the middle with Oprea being the player at risk for around 14,000. Galper held a dominating lead heading to the flop.
Zakhar Galper:
Ovidiu Oprea:
The flop of improved Galper's odds even more as Oprea was only drawing to two aces now. The turn brought the and the river was the , sending Oprea to the rail before the dinner break.
The action folded to Frederic Femont on the button who made it 1,200 to go. Cord Garcia instantly three-bet to 4,800 and Femont called. The flop fell and Garcia led out for 2,500 which Femont called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Garcia threw in a bet of 10,000 and Femont went into the tank for a minute. He eventually laid his hand down and Garcia dragged in the pot.
Aleksandar Trajkovski raised it up from under the gun and was called by Helmut Hoflehner in middle position and both of the blinds. The flop came and the blinds checked to Trajkovski who continued for 2,900. Hoflehner called along with Alexis Vroey in the big blind.
The turn brought the and the action checked to Hoflehner this time who fired in a bet of 7,000. Vroey called again and Trajkovski got out of the way. The river was the and Vroey checked for the third time. Hoflehner casually tossed in a bet of 10,000 and Vroey mulled it over before sending his cards to the muck, flashing the in the process.
The board read with 15,000 in the middle already. Zakhar Galper checked in the cutoff and Allen Kessler bet 5,000 on the button which Galper called.
The river completed the board with the and Galper checked for the last time. Kessler threw in another bet of 5,000 and Galper called again but mucked when Kessler tabled for the overpair.