Konstantin Uspenskiy was in the big blind and facing a big bet of 11,000 from a middle-position player on a board of . Uspenskiy decided to call, and his opponent tabled queens, which were no good as Uspenskiy held .
There was a 14,000 pot in between Ben Heath (middle position) and Mikita Badziakouski (cutoff). The latter was all in for 12,725 when we got to the table with the board reading on fourth street. Heath thought awhile and decided to call.
Heath:
Badziakouski:
Badziakouski's top pair was good for the moment but Heath had a nut flush draw. The river safely paired the board for Badziakouski, and Heath is down under 5,000.
Adrian Mateos continues to watch his chip stack climb, while Quentin Lecomte, who late registered for the tournament, has almost tripled his chip stack to 80,000.
In between an initial ruling being made after the floor was called Table 21and a subsequent ruling, Martin Kabrhel who was making the most noise about clarification about the hand doubled his chip stack.
Kabrhrel fired out a bet of 6,500 after the three low cards appeared on the flop with the pot already over 10,000. His opponent called. Kahbrhel opted to check when the appeared on the turn. His opponent, who had Kabrhel covered, declared himself all in. Kahbrel quickly called with for top set, while his opponent had an overpair with . The river was a blank shipping a big pot to Kabrhel.
Andy Hwang and Dario Sammartino, two tournament players with strong results, are seated next to each other, which should result in some battles. They tangled in a recent pot with both in late position on an flop. Sammartino fired barrels of 1,000 on the flop and 3,300 on the turn before a hit the river. The Italian didn't slow down, putting 5,950 in. Hwang thought about two minutes and called, but he couldn't beat for aces and nines.
The floor was called over after a hand where two players had the nuts on a board holding .
The issue is that the second player in the hand opted to call instead of raising despite holding the best possible hand after the river. The floor originally said this player should receive a penalty.
A couple of the players stood up saying that it should be just a warning. Martin Kabrhel said he just wants some clarification. The floor called over the tournament director for more clarification.
After a pair of hands were played, the decision was made that the player would not receive a penalty. Kabrhel demanded an explanation unsure why this was the rule and created a few examples of calling with the nuts asking if that would be a penalty. The tournament director went on to explain that the rule isn't black and white. He pointed out in this case that no penalty will be served with one of the reasons being that the player already was dealt into a couple of hands since the incident in question.