Players in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em are heading for a 15-minute break. There are currently 39 entries and 20 players remaining. The prize pool is up to $960,400 already and late registration remains open for another three levels.
The pot stood at 13,500 with two players looking at a board that read 7♥10♣3♣.
Alex Kulev, in the small blind, checked the action to Kanan Taherkhani, in the big. Taherkhani bet out 8,000 and Kulev responded with a raise to 28,000.
Taherkhani looked pained as he tossed his cards into the muck and Kulev won this pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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192,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
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74,500
-120,500
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-120,500 |
Sam Grafton raised to 5,500 on the button. Gha Iakobishvili moved all in for 24,500 from the small blind and Grafton made the call.
Gha Iakobishvili: 10♠7♠
Sam Grafton: Q♦9♥
The board ran out J♦9♠4♥7♦2♥. Grafton's pair of nines were good enough to send Iakobishvili to the rail.
"I go rebuy" Iakobishvili announced to the room as he left the tournament floor; this would be Iakobishvili's fourth bullet of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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185,000
-15,000
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-15,000 |
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Busted | |
The pot stood at 13,500 on the turn with two players looking at a board that read 6♦9♠5♥10♦.
Dylan Destefano, in the big blind, bet out for 4,000. Igor Baliner, in the hijack, responded by moving all in for approximately 50,000. Destefano snap-called.
Igor Baliner: A♦5♦
Dylan Destefano,: Q♠10♠
The river landed the 9♣ and Baliner departed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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157,000
157,000
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157,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
In a blind versus blind confrontation, there was already 16,000 in the middle as the flop read 2♠2♦7♥.
Tamas Adamszki, in the small blind, check-called a bet of 4,000 from Thomas Santerne, in the big blind.
The 7♠ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Santerne sized up to 8,000.
The 9♠ river prompted Adamszki to check again. Santerne placed a bet of 27,000 and Adamszki elected to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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187,000
-30,000
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-30,000 |
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145,000
29,000
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29,000 |
Kanan Taherkhani raised to 4,500 from middle position, Steve O'Dwyer called on the button and Igor Baliner moved all in for 56,000 from the small blind. Taherkhani folded and O'Dwyer called.
Igor Baliner: A♦Q♠
Steve O'Dwyer: A♥J♥
The board ran out 9♣7♦K♣5♠Q♣. Baliner's dominating hand remained that way to the river and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,500
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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38,500
-54,500
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-54,500 |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Paulius Plausinaitis raised to 4,500 from under the gun. Teun Mulder defended in the big blind.
Mulder check-called a bet of 3,000 from Plausinaitis on a flop of 3♦Q♦8♠.
The 9♦ turn checked through to the 10♦ on the river. Mulder checked again and Plausinaitis placed a sizeable bet of 15,000. Mulder snap-called. Plausinaitis showed K♥7♥, while Mulder scooped the pot with 5♦3♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
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29,000
-88,000
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-88,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 4,500 from the button, receiving calls from Igor Baliner, in the small blind and Tamas Adamszki in the big blind.
The J♥7♣6♣ flop checked through to the 4♠ on the turn. Baliner took the lead for 7,000 and Adamszki responded with a raise to 28,000. O'Dwyer stepped out of the way and Baliner soon followed suit. Adamszki won this pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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217,000
47,000
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47,000 |
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90,500
90,500
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90,500 |
