Artem Babakhanyan limped in from early position and Ben Yu called in the small blind, Martin Kozlov checked his option in the big blind. On the 
flop, Yu checked and Kozlov bet 20,000 into 48,000, which both his opponents called.
After the 
turn, Yu and Kozlov checked and Babakhanyan made it 90,000 to go with 260,000 behind. Yu check-raised for the size of the pot, making it 378,000 to go, and Kozlov was sent into the think tank. After one minute, Kozlov let go and Babakhanyan now had a decision to make. After checking his stack carefully, the Russian called it off and the cards were tabled.
Artem Babakhanyan: 
Ben Yu: 
"Do you have a set?" Babakhanyan asked and Yu shrugged his head, he instead had a straight draw and the nut flush draw. The 
on the river improved Yu to a straight and Babakhanyan was eliminated before the money. One year ago, he made it all the way to the final table in this very event and finished 4th for $379,128.
"Did you fold a set?" Yu asked Kozlov while the table broke right after the hand was finished and Kozlov nodded, replied "I had fours."
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,314,000
644,000
|
644,000 |
|
||
|
590,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
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|
Eliminé | |
were still visible and the Serb grabbed his belongings before heading to the rail. Jason Mercier dragged in the pot and Konstantinos Bouloutsos, as well as Dominykas Karmazinas, both confirmed what had happened.
rainbow flop. Mercier raised it up to give Sekularac all but two options, and Sekularac called with his over pair to get shown the 
by Mercier. A 
immediately appeared on the turn to fill Mercier's straight and leave Sekularac drawing to the remaining jacks. He didn't catch one on the river and bowed out.
and Nguyen checked to Kontautas who continued for 32,000. Kalb called, Nguyen folded and the 
turn fell. Kontautas checked, Kalb bet 65,000, Kontautas check-raised to 355,000 and Kalb tanked for about two minutes before he folded.
and action checked to Mizrachi who bet 43,000. Only Varnell called.
and Varnell checked. Mizrachi bet 128,000 and Varnell called.
for a wrap. 
on the river sent Zack to the rail with his head shaking.
