Oleksii Khoroshenin opened under the gun with and Rumen Nanev on the button holding was the sole caller.
Khoroshenin made a 125,000 continuation bet, but that wouldn't be the end of it. Rumen Nanev raised it up to 300,000 and Khoroshenin made the call.
The on the turn and on the river were checked by both players and Khoroshenin took it down.
The problem with this hand was, according to the commentators including Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jørgensen, was that it took a couple of minutes too long. On every street there was some heavy thinking by the players involved but it didn't result in too big a pot.
Timo Pfutzenreuter raised to 100,000 from the button and Oleksii Khoroshenin called from the small blind with .
The flop brought in this heads-up pot and Khoroshenin checked to the German who put out a continuation bet of 140,000. Khoroshenin made the call and on the turn, the , both players quickly checked.
The river brought the and Khoroshenin lead out 175,000 on the river with his pair of tens. Pfutzenreuter, who had only shown the to the hole card camera, folded his cards and the Ukrainian player won.
Simeon Naydenov raised under the gun to 100,000 holding and Anthony Ghamrawi called from the small blind with . Marko Neumann, in the big blind, looked down at a and an unknown card, and he called as well.
The flop brought and both blinds checked to the Bulgarian pro who bet and picked up the pot.
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Rumen Nanev raised to 105,000 from the under-the-gun plus one position with and Anthony Ghamrawi peeked down at from the button. Ghamrawi made the call and these players saw the flop heads up.
The flop brought out and Nanev bet 85,000 and Ghamrawi made the call.
On the turn the hit and Nanev tanked a bit longer before betting 155,000, and Ghamrawi let go of his hand.