Hands #25-29: Saad Shoves; Yurasov Takes From Ockenden
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Hand #25: Back from the break, Aliaksei Boika came in raising from first position. He made it 130,000 with 
and won the bigger blinds and antes.
Hand #26: From first position, Mats Karlsson raised it up to 130,000 with 
. Aliaksei Boika defended his big blind with a slightly bigger ace, 
.
The 
flop was checked through. Boika did pair his kicker on the 
turn. Boika checked to Karlsson and the Swede bet 250,000 and Boika laid down the best hand.
Hand #27: It was folded to Aliaksei Boika in the small blind and he completed with 
. From the big blind, Mats Karlsson raised to 225,000 with 
and took it down.
Hand #28: Dmitry Yurasov raised with 
and to his left, Elie Saad moved all in with 
for 890,000. It was folded back around to Yurasov and he folded as well. This was the first hand Elie Saad won today.
Hand #29: It was folded to Peter Ockenden in the small blind and he made it 145,000 to go with 
. Dmitry Yurasov defended his big blind with 
.
The flop was 
which gave Ockenden a pair of fours and Yurasov a gutshot straight draw. Both checked and saw the 
turn. That gave Yurasov a straight and when checked to him, he bet 175,000 and Ockenden called.
The came down on the river and Ockenden check-folded to a 425,000-bet.