Action was on the flop on a board of 2♦6♠9♦ and Georgios Vrakas checked. Kursat Bayrakci bet 10,000 and Vrakas check-raised all in for 27,800. Bayrakci was left scratching his head and after a moment he made the call.
Bayracki had 9♣8♣ for a pair of nines and Vrakas had 2♣2♠ for a set of deuces.
The turn came the 2♥ to give Vrakas quads and the river was the K♦. Vrakas won the pot and doubled up his stack.
Tom Talboom was seen raking in a pot to get him back to almost the starting stack, with Estonia's Andrey Koks being the one that had to fork out the chips.
The full board read K♦J♦5♦10♦2♣ and all the chips were already in the middle. Koks cards were mucked, after a quick check to see if he had a diamond, but he couldn't beat the J♥J♠ of Talboom, which meant the Dutchman doubled up to around 27,000.
Around 14,000 was in the middle in a hand between Aleksandr Chernikov in the cutoff and Mehmet Demirkol in the big blind.
The flop read 10♦7♠3♥, and Demirkol checked. Chernikov moved all in for 20,700, and Demirkol went deep into the tank.
After around three minutes, the clock was called. With about ten seconds left, Demirkol flicked in a calling chip with the covering stack.
Aleksandr Chernikov: A♥K♥
Mehmet Demirkol: J♣J♦
Demirkol was ahead with pocket jacks versus Chernikov's two overcards, and although Chernikov picked up extra outs on the 6♥ turn, the 7♣ river was a brick to send the pot to Demirkol.
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With the pot sitting at around 15,600 and the board reading 8♠5♦Q♣2♣6♣, only two players remained in the hand: Lyudmil Ivanov in the under-the-gun position and Stanislaw Grodek in early position. Ivanov checked, keeping his options open, but Grodek wasn’t ready to slow down. With only 8,800 left in his stack, Grodek made the bold move and shoved all in, putting his tournament life on the line.
Ivanov was faced with a tough decision and went deep into the tank, weighing the possibility of giving up a decent-sized pot. The pressure was palpable as he considered his next move, with minutes ticking by. Ultimately, Ivanov decided to fold, allowing Grodek to continue his journey in the tournament.
Arthur Thiriart opened to 500 from early position and received calls from Mark Smith in the cutoff, and Ivan Zabiiakin and Shankui Li in the blinds.
On the 7♠4♠2♠ flop, action was checked to Smith, who fired out a bet of 600. Zabiiakin produced a check-raise to 2,200, Li folded, and Thiriart pumped it up further to 4,500. Smith folded but, after some thought, Zabiiakin made the call.
On the 8♣ turn, Zabiiakin check-called versus a downsized bet of 3,000 from Thiriart.
The 7♥ river paired the board and was checked through. Zabiiakin showed K♠6♠ for the flopped king-high flush, and Thiriart mucked his hand.
