After putting most of his chips into the middle preflop, Lucas Wagner got it all in on the flop 5♠10♠K♠ and Roland Israelashvili called to put him at risk.
Lucas Wagner: J♣10♣
Roland Israelashvili: A♣Q♠
Wagner was ahead with his pair of tens but still had to fade a lot of outs to stay alive. Fortunately for him, the runout of 9♦3♦ bricked out and he was awarded the pot for the double.
Daniel Vampan raised the cutoff and Nick Caltabiano defended the big blind.
When the Q♣4♣2♦ flop hit the felt, Caltabiano check-called a bet from Vampan.
No bets went in on the 7♥ turn or the 4♦ river and Caltabiano tabled A♦J♠ for ace-high before Vampan mucked his hand.
Niveau: 24
Blinds: 25,000-50,000
Limits: 50,000-100,000
After Daniel Maczuga called from the button, Nick Caltabiano raised from the small blind and received calls from both Daniel Vampan in the big blind and Maczuga.
The 7♣A♣10♥ flop was checked around.
On the J♥ turn, Vampan bet, and both opponents called.
Following another round of checks on the 10♦ river, the players went to a showdown. Caltabiano won with K♠J♦, forming two pair of jacks and tens.
Yi Klassen opened the cutoff and Lucas Wagner three-bet on the button. The blinds folded, and Klassen put in anther raise for Wagner to call off his 145,000 total.
Lucas Wagner: A♠K♥
Yi Klassen: 8♥7♥
Wagner was able to hold as the board ran out K♠J♠9♠J♣4♠.
Daniel Vampan opened, Frank Yakubson three-bet, and Vampan called to see the flop of A♣2♠6♣. Yakubson put out a continuation-bet and Vampan called, sending the two to the turn K♠.
This time Yakubson checked, Vampan bet, and Yakubson called to go to the river 6♦.
Yakubson checked again, Vampan thought for a few seconds before firing a bet, and Yakubson quickly called.
Vampan then rolled over 9♣6♠ for trip sixes on the river and Yakubson flung in his cards to award him the pot.
Three players saw the 10♦10♥9♠3♥ creating a pot of roughly 480,000 and both Daniel Maczuga, and Nick Caltabiano checked to Frank Yakubson who fired a bet. Both players called.
The 9♣ completed the board on the river and all three tapped the table.
"I got counterfeit," Yakubson said before Caltabiano tabled K♣K♥. "Oh, I was losing anyway."
Both Yakubson and Maczuga mucked their hands as the dealer pushed the pot to Caltabiano.
After some pre- and postflop betting, Daniel Budovsky pushed all of his chips into the middle on the turn against big stack Daniel Vampan. The board showed Q♠7♠9♠10♣.
Daniel Budovsky: K♥J♣
Daniel Vampan: K♠8♠
Vampan's flopped flush left Budovsky drawing dead, resulting in Budovsky's elimination from the tournament.
Yi Klassen opened the cutoff and called a three-bet from Lucas Wagner on the button.
The dealer spread a flop of 9♥3♦2♦ and Klassen check-called a bet.
When the 2♥ hit the turn, both players checked to the 9♦ river. Klassen bet and Wagner quickly called.
Klassen rolled A♦10♦ for a flush on the river before Wagner mucked his hand.
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