Dmytro Rukin opened to 1,500 from the button and received calls from Aleksandr Kudriashov from the small blind and Jose Jaraiz Lopez from the big blind.
Action checked back around to Rukin, who made a continuation bet of 1,500 on the A♦K♣5♣ flop. Both Kudriashov and Lopez made the call.
All three players checked the 8♦ turn leading to the 7♠ river. Kudriashov checked and Lopez bet 3,500. Dmytro folded while Kudriashov made the call, tabling A♥6♥ for top-pair with a weak kicker. Lopez slid his cards into the muck and Kudriashov took down a decent pot.
Duran Yildirim raised under the gun to 1,600. Gheorghe Marius Murgoci on the button responded with a three-bet to 4,000. Ricardo Graells in the small blind opted to cold four-bet to 10,000 and both Yildirim and Murgoci elected to fold.
After some table talk and speculation from fellow players, Graells jokingly announced to the table "Always Aces."
With about 3,500 in the pot and the board reading 6♣7♦4♣4♠. Remi Parpillon checked from the big blind and Brhanu Kndeneh Ayehu bet 1,000 from the button. Parpillon responded with a check-raise to 4,200 and after some brief consideration Ayehu made the fold. Perpillon showed 10♣5♥ for a semi-bluff as he took down the pot. Ayehu told his opponent he had folded ace-seven before congratulating him on hand.
Action was picked up on the very next hand at the same table, midway through a preflop raising war between Nikita Novikovs from middle position and Ayehu from the cutoff. Novikovs had put in a raise to 6,000 only for Ayehu to raise again to 14,000.
"You really have a hand right after getting bullied?" Novikovs asked his opponent. After about a minute he made the fold and Ayehu revealed A♣A♠ for the best possible hand as he took down a decent pot without having to see a flop.
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