Erkut Yilmaz was involved in a hand where he got it all-in preflop with two other players. Yilmaz was the short stack of the three, and at risk.
Erkut Yilmaz: 4♠4♣
Opponent: A♥J♦
Opponent: A♠K♥
The flop rolled out 10♥6♥2♥, and Yilmaz needed to dodge a plethora of cards to stay alive. He did exactly that when the turn landed the 3♠ and the river brought the 9♣.
Yilmaz's pair of fours held, which awarded him the pot and the triple up.
Action picked up on the river with cards on their backs and the pot being pushed towards John West, who got the double up with three of a kind, deuces.
The board read 5♣9♣2♠Q♠4♥, and West's opponent had KxQx.
The dealer was nice enough to recap the action for PokerNews, and explained that the majority of the money went in on the river.
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A middle position player raised to 4,000 and was called by a late position player before Peter Lin three bet to 20,000. The original raiser went all in and the late position player folded. Lin called and was at risk.
Peter Lin: K♠K♥
Middle Position Player: 10♥10♠
The board ran out 9♥8♥2♦3♦8♠, Lin more than doubled his chip stack.
The player in early position raised to 3,600 and action folded around to Martin Zamani on the button, who moved all in for 20,600, putting himself at risk.
Early position went into the tank, carefully considering his decision. Him and Zamani exchanged some friendly table chatter, before eventually arriving at a fold.
Zamani tabled pocket tens, and dragged in the pot.
