With approximately 4,000 in the pot on a completed board of , Mustapha Kanit checked his big blind to Selim Oulmekki, who flicked forward a single T-1,000 chip.
Kanit flicked in one of his own to call and saw his opponent turn over for two pair, aces and queens. Kanit mucked his hand as his stack dwindled to just over 20,000 chips.
After an open to 1,600 from a middle position player, Jean Junior Guimaraes three-bet to 4,100 on the button, and Andras Nemeth four-bet to 10,500 in the big blind. Action folded back to Guimaraes who moved in the rest of his chips, and Nemeth quickly called.
Jean Junior Guimaraes:
Andras Nemeth:
Guimaraes was the big favorite to double and just needed to fade running cards after the dealer fanned the flop. The turn provided a sweat, however, and the spiked the river to give Nemeth the pot with a flush on the unlikely runout, while Guimaraes made his exit.
With roughly 35,000 in the pot on a board, Jack Salter was in middle position and facing a bet of 16,500 from Kenny Hallaert in the cutoff. Salter called.
The completed the board and Salter checked. Hallaert briefly thought about his decision before tapping the felt to check as well.
Salter tabled for a flopped set and took the pot as his Belgian opponent sent his cards into the muck.
Laurence Stein opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and Peter Patricio three-bet to 5,500 from the small blind. Petr Svoboda, in the big blind, responded by moving all in for about 27,000 and Stein folded but Patricio made the call.
Petr Svoboda:
Peter Patricio:
Svoboda hit a pretty favorable flop of . The turn and river completed the board and Svoboda doubled up with a pair of queens.