Martin Kozlov raised to 12,000 and picked up a call by Farid Jattin in the big blind. The flop came , which both players checked through. Jattin bet the turn for 10,000 and Kozlov called, the on the river brought no further betting action.
Jattin flashed for a pair of tens and Kozlov had that beat with .
"Who won that pot?" Najeem Ajez inquired ans was told that Kozlov had aces to which Kozlov chimed in with "yeah, shitty aces."
In a battle big blind versus button, the flop showed and Hun Lee was first to act, making it 28,000 to go. Stephen Chidwick called to see the on the turn. Lee fired a bet of 76,000 and was called once more to see the on the river.
Lee's third barrel was for 225,000 and Chidwick had slightly more than that behind. No call followed and that pot pushed Lee above a million in chips.
The action on table 10 has been rather slow as of lately and barely any pot made it past the preflop stage, and if so, the bets were small since Martin Kozlov took on Farid Jattin.
Just now, Kozlov raised to 12,000 and Benjamin Pockett three-bet the pot. Najeem Ajez was deep in the think tank and released his cards into the muck, as did everyone else to award the pot to Pockett.
On the tail end of a bigger pot between Stephen Chidwick and Tam Truong, the former bet the river for 72,000, which was the size of the pot. Truong was sent deep into the think tank and reluctantly folded.
The next hand, Chidwick was in a battle of the blinds with Jorryt van Hoof and they both invested 18,000 to the flop. Chidwick bet 10,000 and van Hoof came along. After the turn, Chidwick checked and a bet of van Hoof won the pot.
Just before the blinds went up, Stephen Chidwick and Martin Kozlov scooped pots to boost their stacks, taking from Tam Truong and Farid Jattin respectively.
Chidwick was the only one to check-call a bet of 16,000 by Truong on the flop and did so again for 50,000 on the turn. The was checked and Truong sighed, flashed . Chidwick had the nuts with the and won the pot.
Kozlov faced a bet of 54,000 by Jattin on a completed board of and jammed for double of that, Jattin folded.
Xue Wu was the second shortest stack at the start of the day, and had failed to get anything going today and got his last 40,500 chips in against Fabian Brandes.
Xue Wu:
Fabian Brandes:
There was no help for Wu on the board and he was eliminated.
Najeem Ajez raised the button to 10,000 and Farid Jattin called out of the big blind. Jattin check-called a bet of 9,000 on the flop and they checked the on the turn. After the river, Jattin check-called another small bet and had the best of it with for a flush while Ajez mucked.