Steve O'Dwyer raised from the button and Mihails Nikitins called in the big blind. Both players checked it back on the 5♣K♥9♥ flop.
The turn came the 9♦ and Nikitins led out for 3,000, which O'Dwyer called. The river was the Q♣ and Nikitins checked. O'Dwyer made it 12,500 to go and Nikitins flicked in a chip to make the call.
O'Dwyer turned over J♦10♦ for a straight and Nikitins mucked to give him the pot.
Mihails Nikitins raised to 4,000 and Enrico Camosci called in the big blind. Nikitins then bet the flop and Camosci folded.
The next hand, Camosci completed his small blind and Nikitins checked. The flop came 5♣2♣8♣ and both players checked. On the K♦ turn, Camosci flicked in a single yellow chip to bet 1,000 and Nikitins called. The pair then checked to showdown on the 2♥ river.
Nikitins had A♠3♠ and Camosci had J♥5♥ for a pair of fives, two pair with the deuces on board, which was enough to win the pot.
Vladas Tamasauskas completed the small blind and Steve O'Dwyer raised to 4,000 from the big blind, which Tamasauskas called.
Both players checked on the 9♣2♦8♦ flop. The turn was the K♣ and Tamasauskas checked again. O'Dwyer bet 3,000 and Tamasauskas folded to give him the pot.
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Enrico Camosci raised to 2,000 and Steve O'Dwyer called in the big blind.
The flop came 9♦10♥8♣ and O'Dwyer checked. Camosci continued with a bet of 2,500 and O'Dwyer called. Action slowed down as both players checked on the 3♣ turn, then checked to showdown on the 9♣ river.
O'Dwyer had K♠Q♣ for king-high and Camosci had 7♠7♦ for a pair of sevens to win the pot.
The next hand, Vladas Tamasauskas won a small pot from Camosci when he opened from the button and made a continuation bet on the flop.
