Tollerene Gets a Heated Welcome
Jacob Kalb raised the pot first to act and the action folded to Ben Tollerene in the big blind. He reraised the pot and faced a pot-sized reraise to 7,800 by Kalb. Tollerene opted to make it 23,550 and Kalb went over the top to force a near instant fold from Tollerene.
Right after the hand was over, Esther Taylor took a seat next to Kalb.
Richard Gryko put a small dent into the early big stack of Maxime Heroux when betting half the pot for 10,100 on the river of a board 
in a battle cutoff versus small blind. Both had checked the turn and Heroux check-folded the river.
Last but not least, Aleksandr Gofman raised the pot and called a three-bet by Yuki Ko. The flop came 
and Gofman checked, Ko continued for 2,550 and that was all it took to end the hand right there. One table over is fellow Russian Artem Babakhanyan, who finished in 4th place in this very tournament one year ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
||
|
127,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
120,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |