In a three-bet pot, the flop came down and Igor Kurganov bet 90,000 from the small blind with . Dan Smith, under the gun, called with and Alfred DeCarolis swiftly overcalled with .
The turn brought the and Kurganov checked. Smith bet 260,000, DeCarolis again called quickly, and Kurganov folded.
The river was the and Smith now bet 500,000. DeCarolis gave it some thought before folding the same hand as Smith.
Vivek Rajkumar opened with a raise to 23,000 from early position, Christoph Vogelsang and Paul Phua called from the blinds. The dealer fanned out and all three players checked to the turn card.
All three checked again and the fell on the river. Action checked to Rajkumar, he threw in 35,000 and found one caller in Phua. Rajkumar tabled for a straight and Phua mucked his hand, sending the pot to Rajkumar.
Elton Tsang, winner of the €1,000,000 Big One for One Drop in Monte Carlo in 2016, raised to 25,000 in middle position and Chin Wei Lim defended the big blind. Lim check-called 30,000 on the flop and the turn and river enticed no further betting action. Lim showed to win the hand.
Shortly after, Tsang shoved all in from the small blind into Paul Phua's big blind, who called it off for fewer than ten big blinds.
Elton Tsang:
Paul Phua:
Phua once again doubled his few crumbs on a board but still remains very short.
Benjamin Wu looked down at and opened to 25,000 from early position, Nick Petrangelo pushed in an 87,000 three-bet with . Wu called and the dealer fanned out as a flop.
Wu check-called a bet of 50,000 from Petrangelo and an fell on the turn, giving Wu a set of snowmen. Both players checked the turn and a hit the felt, giving Petrangelo the nut flush.
Wu led out for 150,000 and Petrangelo pushed in a raise for 560,000 total. Wu thought for several minutes with his set but in the end made the right decision as he folded, sending the pot to Petrangelo.
In a battle of the blinds between Hing Yang Chow and Mikita Badziakouski, it was Chow who bet 55,000 on the turn with a board, and 85,000 on the river. Badziakouski called twice and knew right away he was good.
"Ooh, sh*t," Chow jokingly roared in delight, indicating he didn't have much.
"I bluff you, you bluff me," Badziakouski grinned and he tabled to win.
The completed board had face up and there was around 300,000 in the pot. Stanley Choi checked to Stephen Chidwick who bet 235,000.
Choi used a time extension in the process of weighing out his options and in the end, he elected to call the bet. Chidwick tabled for the nut straight and Choi quickly threw his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Chidwick.
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