With two players seeing a board of J♣7♦3♣ and 600 in the pot, Joakim Andersson bet 200 from the big blind and Masato Yokosawa called from under the gun.
On the 4♥ turn Andersson checked and Yokosawa bet 600. Andersson made the call.
Andersson check-called another bet from Yokosawa on the K♣ river, this time for 1,300.
Yokosawa turned over a rivered flush with 6♣4♣ and Andersson mucked.
Heads-up on a board of 5♠10♥A♥4♣, Juha Helppi bet 1,500 from under the gun and Anthony Killian called in the hijack.
The river was the K♦ and Helppi continued for 3,600. Killian then raised to 8,500 and Helppi snap-folded.
Despite dropping that pot, Helppi has already increased his stack to around 70,000 so far on the first level of Day 1. Noah Boeken has also recently taken his seat at this table.
Action was picked up on a 10♦4♦4♣ flop in a three-bet pot between Fan Zhang in middle position against Victor Chong on the button.
Chong continued for 1,300 and Zhang put in the call.
The turn brought the 5♥. Chong continued to apply pressure as he sized up to 8,000. However, Zhang was quick to put in the call once again.
The 6♥ peeled off on the river. This time, Zhang became the aggressor and opted to lead for 16,500. Chong did not take long before he conceded the pot to Zhang.
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Breno Drumond and Herbert De Marathaoan built a pot of nearly 10,000 as they went heads-up to the turn with the board showing 9♠7♠J♦K♣. Both players then checked and the 9♥ fell on the river.
Drumond bet 8,000 from the cutoff and De Marathaoan called in the big blind. Drumond turned over A♦9♦ for rivered trips and De Marathaoan shook his head as he mucked.
With two players seeing a board of 10♣10♠8♠9♦9♣ and around 2,000 in the middle, Alec Torelli checked in the big blind and Duco ten Haven bet 1,100 from the button. Torelli made the call.
Ten Haven turned over aces up with A♠A♥ and Torelli mucked.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy bet 1,000 from the button on a flop of J♣9♦3♦ and Mengshi Tian raised to 2,500 in the small blind. Christophe Pommier called in the big blind, as did Troyanovskiy.
The turn was the 8♠ and Tian led out for 6,100. Both opponents called and the 9♠ fell on the river. Tian then checked and Pommier bet 16,800.
Troyanovskiy slammed his chips down on his stack as he folded, while Tian took a minute before he called. Pommier then showed J♦9♥ for a full house.
"Queen-ten?" Troyanovskiiy asked Tian, who flashed the 3♥ as he mucked.
With two players seeing a board of 8♠3♣7♠6♦ and around 3,500 in the middle, Vladimir Korzinin checked from the cutoff and Artyom Smbatyan bet 1,100 from the button. Korzinin made the call.
Korzinin checked again on the A♦ river and Smbatyan bet 5,500. Korzinin opted to fold and Smbatyan took the pot without showdown.
In a blind versus blind battle and around 7,000 in the pot by the turn on a board of K♠Q♥9♦9♥, Mounir Tajiou led out for 6,500 and Joakim Andersson called.
The river was the 6♣ and Tajiou bet 17,000. Andersson used a time bank before folding as Tajiou took the pot.
Zaki Hamani opened to 500 from the cutoff and then called after Fahredin Mustafov three-bet to 2,000 from the button.
On the 9♣7♠3♠ flop, Mustafov continued for 2,500 and Hamani quickly put in the call.
The J♣ turn checked through to the 6♣ river which saw Hamani lead for 10,000. Mustafov snapped it off and got the bad news immediately as Hamani tabled A♣7♣ for a rivered flush and he collected a sizeable pot early in the day.
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