Giuseppe Zarbo opened to 1,000 from middle position. Anthony Zinno to his left three-bet to 2,300 and was called by Nikola Sekler on the button. Zarbo called as well.
Zinno continued for 2,500 on a flop of 2♦9♠2♠ and only Sekler called. He fired a very small second barrel to 1,000 on the K♥ and was called again, then checked the 4♣ river.
Sekler checked back with 6♣6♠ and won this one against Zinno's missed flush draw with Q♠J♠.
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Felipe Ketzer in early position raised to 1,100 and faced Johannes Straver who defended from the big blind.
Ketzer continued for 800 on a flop of 4♠K♦3♣ and was called, but checked back the 8♥ turn.
Straver led out for 3,400 on the 7♦ river with K♠5♦. Ketzer snap-called and scooped the pot with K♣10♥.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Bruno Fitoussi raised to 1,000 from under the gun before Safwane Bahri made it 3,200 from the cutoff. It folded back to Fitoussi, and he four-bet to 11,500. Bahri called.
Bahri called a bet of 5,500 on the 8♦8♣6♥ flop before the A♥ turn checked through to the 6♠ river. Fitoussi checked, prompting Bahri to fire out 15,000. Fitoussi went deep into the tank for several minutes, burning up five time bank cards before painfully returning his cards to the dealer.
Barak Wisbrod raised to 800 from early position and was called twice before Joey Weissman in the small blind squeezed to 600. Wisbrod four-bet to 11,000 to make the next two players fold but Weissman called.
Wisbrod continued for 3,000 on a flop of K♠6♠7♠ and was called, then fired a second barrel to 15,000 on the 7♥ turn. Weissman check-called.
Weissman checked the 10♥ river and Wisbord eventually checked-back with A♦A♥. Weissman didn't have a better hand with K♦J♦.
There was around 14,000 on the middle on the 9♠9♣2♠7♣ board, with three players in the mix.
Corel Theuma checked from the big blind before the cutoff jammed for 16,000. Erdem Akmert reshoved for 21,000 and Theuma called as the covering stack.
Cutoff: A♥A♦
Erdem Akmert: 8♠8♣
Corel Theuma: J♥9♥
Theuma had both opponents drawing to two outs, but the 8♦ river put Akmert from worst to first. His unlikely two-outer sealed him the checkmark with a full house, and boosted his stack to 72,000 while the cutoff departed dejectedly.
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