With two players seeing a board of K♦9♣5♥ and 24,000 in the middle, Jianbo Ding checked and Cem Agpur bet 18,000. Ding raised to 59,000 and Agpur went all in for approximately 135,000, forcing a fold from Ding.
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Bakhos Joumaa opened to 6,500 from under the gun and Matthew Davenport called from the cutoff.
The flop came Q♠10♦5♥ and Joumaa fired a 10,500 continuation bet that was called by Davenport.
Both players then checked the 4♥ turn and 5♠ river. Joumaa showed down A♠9♠ for ace-high but Davenport tabled A♦K♠ for a better ace-high to take the pot.
There was an early position open to 6,500 before the action moved to Clement Bonnant on the button who called and then Erdal Gulseven defened his big blind.
The 5♣J♣10♠ flop landed and the action checked all the way to Bonnant on the button who took the betting lead by putting out 8,500. Only Gulseven called.
The 6♠ rolled off on the turn and action checked through to a 10♠ river.
Gulseven opted to lead for 11,500 and action was on Bonnant. After only a moment in the tank he put in a big raise to 50,000.
Gulseven went into the tank and considered his options but after a moment his cards hit the muck and Bonnant was pushed the pot.
In a preflop confrontation, Dmitry Yurasov, who had recently reentered, was all in from early position for roughly 50,000 and up against Iraklis Manikaros in the cutoff who covered.
Dmitry Yurasov: K♣Q♣
Iraklis Manikaros: A♥K♥
Yurasov was in rough shape against a bigger king and found no help on the 2♣2♦2♠6♣J♦ runout.
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Erdal Gulseven opened in early position to 5,000 before getting called by Halil Tasyurek in late position, the cutoff, and both blinds.
The K♠Q♠9♠ flop landed and action checked to Gulseven who continued for 7,000. Tasyurek called, the cutoff called, and the blinds folded.
The 3♠ rolled off on the turn and action checked to Tasyurek who bet 15,000. Only Gulseven called.
The 9♦ hit the river and the action slowed down and checked through.
Tasyurek quickly tabled A♠Q♣ for the nut flush and Gulseven mucked.
Austin Prakesh limped in from the button and Cagdas Ersoy limped behind in the small blind. Tinay Aksoy checked in the big blind.
The flop came J♣4♥2♣ and action checked around to Prakesh who bet 5,000. Ersoy got out of the way while Aksoy put in a check-raise to 17,500. Prakesh made the call.
On the A♣ turn Aksoy fired again for 15,000 and this time Prakesh opted to fold.
Shuang Luo opened to 5,000 from middle positio and received calls from Ghanim Dashti on the button, Issam Tannouri in the small blind and Simas Karaliunas in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠10♣8♣ and action checked around to Luo who bet 11,000. Dashti folded, Tannouri called and Karaliunas got out of the way.
Both players checked the 2♣ turn leading to the 7♦ river. Tannouri bet 21,500 and Luo made the call.
"You win" Tannouri said, revealing just the A♣ in his hand. Luo showed down 8♠8♦ for a set of eights to take down a healthy pot.
Action was opened in middle position to 5,550 before a late position player called and then Austin Prakesh put in a three-bet from the cutoff to 16,000. The action then moved to Mark Smith in the small blind who four-bet all in for 235,500. Tinay Aksoy was in the big blind and also moved all in for 60,000.
The action then folded all the way back to Prakesh who had a big decision with two players all in. He tanked for almost two-minutes before he finally folded ace-king offsuit face up. The two remaining players tabled their hands with Aksoy at risk.
Tinay Aksoy: 8♥8♣
Mark Smith: Q♥Q♠
The full board ran out 10♥2♥6♣8♦6♥ and with his turned set a Aksoy earned a pure double. Smith stayed alive and Prakesh saved himself a pile of chips by folding a premium.
Dmitry Yurasov, who had recently been left very short-stacked, moved all in for his last 2,000 from middle position. Robert-Paul Killian raised to 7,000 from the hijack position and Elias Aad called from the button. Damir Gabdullin raised to 32,000 from the small blind, forcing a fold from Killian. Aad moved all in for approximately 130,000 and Gabdullin called to put both Yurasov and Aad at risk.
Dmitry Yurasov: K♣6♥
Elias Aad: A♣J♣
Damir Gabdullin: A♦Q♠
The board ran out Q♦4♠9♣6♠7♦. Gabdullin was good at showdown with top pair and he took in a sizable pot while sending two players to the rail.