Lin Ruida bet the turn and river of a board and Hady El Asmar check-called the first bet of 5,000, then check-jammed into a bet of 20,000. Ruida called the 60,500 and El Asmar grinned "give it to me" as he tabled for quads, Ruida flashed .
"Thank you," El Asmar followed up and Ruida, who was still smiling, replied with a "you're welcome." Ruida still has more than half a million in chips.
A pot of around 40,000 emerged between Davidi Kitai and Daniil Kiselev. Both ended up checking the river and Kitai showed a pair of fives and a missed draw. Kiselev double-checked his cards and then revealed with the words "I thought you had a straight."
Ivan Skoblov pushed for 28,500 in the cutoff and Timothy Adams asked for a count in the small blind, then made the call. Gilles Huet in the big blind folded with an equally short stack at his disposal.
Ivan Skoblov:
Timothy Adams:
The board came and the running diamonds spelled the end for Skoblov.
Dario Sammartino raised from early position to 6,500 and he was called by Aleksandr Sheshukov from the cutoff and the player in the big blind called as well.
The flop was dealt and the big blind checked to the Italian who continued with a bet of 8,000. Sheshukov called but the big blind got out of the way.
They both checked on the to see the on the river and they checked again. Sammartino tabled saying ''Your king-queen is good'', but Sheshukov showed even better with .
Alex Kulev opened to 6,000 from middle position and received a call from Ori Caballo in the hijack. Ngoc Minh Hoang three-bet to 17,500 in the small blind and Kulev thought about his decision for two minutes before putting in chips to call. Caballo got out of their way and action proceeded heads up to a flop of . Hoang thought for about 40 seconds and then made a continuation-bet of 17,500. Kulev went into the tank for a half-minute.
"How much is that?" asked Kulev. The dealer told him the amount and he thought for another full minute before calling. The turn came and Hoang checked. Another minute went by with action on Kulev before he tapped the felt, bringing the river . First to act, Hoang thought about his decision for well over a minute and then bet 20,500. It was then Kulev's turn to deliberate further, taking close to four minutes before making the call.
Hoang tabled and Kulev showed , resulting in both players taking half the pot.