Konstantin Pogodin opened the action for 50,000 under the gun and Ami Barer sat to his left raised him to 144,000. The other players got out of the way and Pogodin made the call.
The flop was and Pogodin checked. Barer bet 72,000 and Pogodin went for a check-raise to 200,000. The stack sizes of the two players were very similar and Barer made the call.
The turn card was the and Pogodin moved all in. Barer’s hands went to his face as if this is what he had been dreading, but he made the call and flipped over .
Pogodin tapped the table and then showed his
The river card was the . No jack for Pogodin and when the stacks were counted down Barer just had the edge to bust the Russian in sixth place.
Sunny Jung raised to 55,000 from under the gun and found calls from Gabriel Le Jossec and Ami Barer in the big blind. THe flop came down and there were two checks over to Le Jossec. He fired out 100,000 and found calls from both of his opponents.
The hit the turn and there were two checks to to Le Jossec once more. He bet 275,000 and took down the pot.
Joseph Cheong opened under the gun for 54,000 and Sunny Jung made it 150,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Cheong made the call.
The flop was and Cheong check-called a bet of 180,000. The turn card was the and once again Cheong checked and then faced a bet of 325,000 from Jung.
Cheong went deep in the tank. Close to five minutes ticked by as Cheong decided what to do. His decision in the end was to move all in. Jung checked his hole cards to make sure and called.
Cheong:
Jung: .
Cheong would need a king or a jack to survive but the river card was the to award Jung a huge pot and eliminate Cheong in seventh place.
Joseph Cheong popped it up to 53,000 from the cutoff and Zuo 'ST' Wang shipped all in from the button for 151,000. The blinds folded and Cheong announced a call.
Cheong:
Wang:
Wang led with his ace-queen and retained that lead through a ts} run out. He doubled to around 360,000 while Cheong dropped to 1.39 million.
Ami Barer opened for 48,000 from early position and the only caller was Gabriel Le Jossec on gthe button.
The flop was and both players checked to see the turn card . Barer now went for the delayed continuation bet of 37,000 and Le Jossec made the call. The river card saw Barer bet again for 108,000.
Le Jossec took his time counting out a raise and pushed out chips worth 265,000. Barer gave it some minutes thought before having a last look back at his cards and flicking them in.
Konstantin Pogodin was in the cut-off and he started things off with a bet of 50,000. Ami Barer was the button and he made the call. Sunny Jung folded his small blind and Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved all in from the big blind.
Pogodin quickly got out of the way but Barer wanted a count. 367,000 was the bet and Barer looked like he gave it serious consideration but in the end let his hand go.