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On a A♥7♠6♠ flop, Luka Sorainen check-called a bet of 2,200 from Scott Margereson and the turn was the K♦.
With 11,000 in the middle, Sorainen checked again and Margereson bet the pot. Sorainen called.
The river was the 3♣. Sorainen checked for the third time and Margereson moved all in. Sorainen sat with around 40,000 behind and called.
Margereson tabled A♠Q♠ for a missed flush draw, but top pair, with Sorainen out-kicked after turning over A♦2♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
148,000
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148,000 |
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Busted |
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Julijan Rados, Andries Swart, and Barny Boatman went to a flop of 5♠7♠4♦ with 7500 in the pot.
It checked to Swart on the button, and he bet 3,500. Both players called. The K♣ on the turn did not slow down the action. Both players again checked to Swart, who bet 5,500. Boatman in the big blind called, and Rados in the hijack also called, going to a river card.
The A♠ on the river saw Swart bet 4,000 when checked to. Boatman then snap-shoved all in.
Rados thought it over before mucking his cards. Swart asked Boatman if he was bluffing, and Boatman replied, "Perhaps we're both bluffing." Swart mucked, and Boatman tabled Q♠6♥ for the bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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75,000 | |
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70,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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25,000
-28,000
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-28,000 |
Michael Sklenicka and Humberto Jorge Lopes Galindo both checked the turn of K♦10♥2♠4♥ with 9,000 in the middle.
The river was the J♠ and Sklenicka checked. Galindo bet 5,000 and after giving it some thought, Sklenicka called.
Galindo tabled 7♣7♥ but Sklenicka had that beat with 10♦7♦ and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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170,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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140,000
-30,000
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-30,000 |
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82,000
-53,000
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-53,000 |
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41,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Samy Hazan shoved for 13,000 and was called by Dimitrios Kilintaris.
Samy Hazan: K♦Q♣ 
Dimitrios Kilintaris: A♦Q♠
Hazan was in bad shape, but the K♠5♠2♥6♠9♥ runout gave him top pair and he stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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36,000 | |
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29,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
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Three players, including Barny Boatman who had defended his big blind, went to the flop. The flop came 8♦10♣Q♥, and Alexander Norden, who was under-the-gun, attempted to steal the pot for 3,200. Julijan Rados, on Norden's direct left, called. Seizing the opportunity, Boatman raised the pot to 12,200, and both players folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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60,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
