Players are heading on a 15-minute break.
Players are heading on a 15-minute break.
Zdenek Zizka limped in from the button with Q♠5♣ and Giuliano Bendinelli checked 9♥3♥.
Zizka bet 925,000 on the 8♦5♠2♥ flop and Bendinelli folded.
Bendinelli then limped the button and Zizka checked to the K♠Q♣3♥ flop. Bendinelli bet 600,000 and Zizka called.
Both players checked the 5♦ turn before Zizka led out for 1,600,000 on the 4♦ river. Bendinelli called with 8♦4♥, but Zizka had Q♠9♣ for a pair of queens to win the pot.
Giuliano Bendinelli limped in from the button and Zdenek Zizka made it 2,100,000 from the big blind. Bendinelli shoved for 14,650,000, and Zizka quickly called.
Giuliano Bendinelli: A♥2♥
Zdenek Zizka: A♦J♠
Bendinelli was way behind and looking for some help, but didn't really find it on the A♣5♣8♥ flop. An 8♠ on the turn put Zizka within touching distance of the bracelet, but a K♦ on the river meant they chopped it up.
On the first hand of heads-up play, Giuliano Bendinelli moved all in for 7,925,000 on the button and Zdenek Zizka called.
Giuliano Bendinelli: 6♠6♥
Zdenek Zizka: A♣10♣
Zizka had a chance to secure the bracelet if he could win this flip, but his odds suddenly became long when the 6♣4♣4♠ flop gave Bendinelli a full house. The A♠ turn gave Zizka a glimmer of hope, but he instead got the 7♣ on the river to make a no-good flush as Bendinelli doubled up right away.
Players are now taking a short break to prepare for heads-up play.
Oleh Okhotskyi shoved the button for 7,100,000 and Zdenek Zizka called from the small blind.
Oleh Okhotskyi: 4♠4♥
Zdenek Zizka: A♥Q♥
Okhotskyi had the sailboats, and needed them to deliver a double-up otherwise his chances of winning a bracelet would be washed up. A flop of Q♦J♥Q♠ was not a good start for him as Zizka made trips.
The 2♠ turn left Okhotskyi with one shot at two outs, but it was Zizka who improved as he made quads on the Q♣ river to bring play down to heads up.
Zdenek Zizka limped in from the button with K♣5♦, Giuliano Bendinelli called holding 8♣5♣ in the small blind, and Oleh Okhotskyi checked Q♣9♦.
The flop came 10♣8♠6♦ and Zizka bet 600,000. Bendinelli called with a pair of eights, while Okhotskyi also called with a straight draw.
The turn was the 4♥ as action was checked to Zizka again, who this time bet 1,825,000. Both Bendinelli and Okhotskyi gave up their cards, and Zizka took the pot with king-high.
Zdenek Zizka limped in from the small blind with A♥2♦ and Giuliano Bendinelli made it 1,600,000 with A♦A♣ from the big blind. Zizka just let his ace go.
Bendinelli then picked up A♦Q♣ in the small blind and shoved, which got through.
Level: 32
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
In a limped pot between the blinds, Zdenek Zizka and Giuliano Bendinelli checked to the turn on a board of K♣7♠5♦. Zizka then bet 1,100,000 and Bendinelli called.
Zizka bet another 875,000 on the 2♦ river, and Bendinelli again called. Zizka showed K♠3♦ for a pair of kings, and Bendinelli mucked 7♥3♠.