2023 WSOP Europe
The cards of Joseph Floyd III were already in the muck as Emil Bise was busy rebuilding his tower of chips on a new table.
On a board of 10♥9♦5♥10♣6♣, the 8♣7♣ of Bise made a straight that was good for the knockout.
The floor was called over as apparently there had been some confusion what card had been the burn and what the flop. By then, Thijs Hilberts had already been all-in and at risk against Artur Kunicnikov, the latter of which was in the big blind.
Hilberts' A♥K♣ was up against the K♠5♥ of his table neighbour and he was behind on a board of 8♠5♠3♦4♦Q♠. It was confirmed that the K♦ had been exposed as part of the flop, giving Hilberts the top pair.
It was decided to reshuffle a four-card flop which brought the king and five, sending Hilberts to the payout desk.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
"I have thirteen blinds, it's a push, no?" a very vivid Emilio Izvira said after his dominated pocket pair got there.
He was involved with the 8♠8♣ and Pavel Stribrny was miles ahead with the K♠K♣. However, the Q♠6♠5♣4♣7♣ board gave Izvira a winning straight for the double.
Hakim Boutoual moved his short stack of 81,000 into the middle from middle position and was quickly at risk when Adel Boulhadid announced all in with a bigger stack. The rest of the table got out of the way and the hands were turned up.
Hakim Boutoual: K♦Q♥
Adel Boulhadid: A♥J♣
Both players connected on the Q♣J♦7♦ flop, with Boutoual taking the lead. The 2♣ turn and 10♣ river were safe, cementing his double up to stay alive.
In yet another preflop contest during the early stages, Matthias Kribben was involved with the A♠Q♠.
Victor Kait Kaitmazov had that beat with the A♣K♠ and the superior kicker played a role on the 8♥8♠2♠5♥10♦ runout.
Kribben was left with very few chips and busted soon after.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened to 16,000 from early position and found calls from Frank Leykauf on the button and Ilija Savevski in the big blind.
The flop of 8♣5♠Q♦ saw Savevski check to Troyanovskiy, who continued for 25,000. Both players called to see the 7♣ turn, where the action slowed with checks around the table.
The Q♥ river brought another round of checks, with Leykauf mucking after seeing his opponents' hands. Savevski showed 7♥6♣ while Troyanovskiy turned over 7♦6♦ to chop the pot with two pair.