Teun Mulder raised to 3,600 from middle position and was called by Patrik Jaros in the cutoff and Nichan Khorchidian on the button.
All three of them checked the Q♣8♥6♣ flop and the 7♥ turn, but after Mulder checked the 10♦ river, Jaros bet 5,000. He made Khorchidian fold, but Mulder went into the tank.
He eventually made the call with K♣8♣ for the third pair. Jaros didn't have a better hand and sent his cards into he muck.
Action was on the flop on a board of 8♥Q♦K♥ with around 7,000 in the pot. Espen Oeye checked and Michel Karim bet 4,000. Oeye check-raised to 11,000 and Karim called.
The turn was the J♥ and Oeye led for 6,000. Karim made a raise for most of Oeye's stack and Oeye pushed all in for 22,700 total. Karim quickly called and players revealed their cards.
Karim had A♦A♣ for a pair of aces, but Oeye had Q♥7♥ for a turned flush. The river came the K♠ and Oeye held to win the pot, doubling his stack.
Karim had doubled up moments before with a runner-runner straight, but his stack took a blow to take back down to around 80,000.
The action was picked up on a board of K♥J♥3♦5♠2♠ with 29,600 in the pot. Michel Karim in the cutoff moved all in for 37,200, and Ritvars Cekalins, in the small blind, was trying to make a decision.
Cekalins used several time bank extensions, and eventually made the call.
Michel Karim: A♥4♥
Ritvars Cekalins: K♦10♥
Cekalins called with top pair, but ran into Karim's runner-runner straight which allowed him to double up.
Robert Heidorn raised in middle position, Marton Czuczor three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff and Simas Karaliunas four-bet shoved for 17,200. Heidorn folded then Czuczor called.
Simas Karaliunas: A♠J♥
Marton Czuczor: K♣J♠
The board ran out safe for Karaliunas as it came 2♠6♥3♦6♦4♣ and he doubled his stack.
Ilya Nikiforov open-raised to 2,400 from early position, Nikola Minkov called on the button and the big blind came along.
The flop came 10♥4♠4♥ and the big blind checked. Nikiforov bet 3,200 and only Minkov called. On the 3♥ turn, Nikiforov bet 10,000, leaving himself just 15,700 behind. Minkov used a time bank card before making the call.
The river was the 6♠ and Nikiforov pushed all in for the rest of his stack. Minkov didn't hesitate before making the call with the bigger stack. Nikiforov showed J♦J♠ for two pair, jacks with the fours on board. Minkov, however, had 7♥6♥ for a flush. He won the pot and Nikiforov was sent to the rail.
Michel Karim open-raised from middle position and Niklas Astedt called in the next seat. Maksim Vaskresenski three-bet to 9,200 from the button and Karim called. Astedt then back-raised all in for 83,000, leaving the table perplexed.
Vaskresenski was first to fold, saying it was "too much" as he mucked his hand. Karim went into the tank and then decided it was best to fold his hand.
"That's why he's the best," said a neutral player as Astedt scooped the pot uncontested.
In the 869th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway hosts from down in The Bahamas at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise, while Kyna England is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas. Mike Holtz is out with a broken ankle, so Nikki Limo was kind enough to once again fill in as a special co-host.
Together, they discuss happening at the WSOP Paradise, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas, and the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague. That includes Phil Hellmuth making an appearance, the new stage at WSOP, and the Triton Million, which was won by Argentinean rapper Alejandro Lococo for $12 million.
Chad also had the honor of bringing the Women in Poker Hall of Fame trophy down with him to present to Kristen Foxen. In this episode, you can check out her acceptance speech, which PokerNews helped film. Speaking of the WiPHoF, Jeanne David was another inductee and she had a spot of luck drawing a Golden Passport into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, which kicks off today!
At the EPT Prague, Thomas Santerne has already won two side event titles, while the 2022 WSOP Main Event champ, Espen Jorstad, took down the €25K Super High Roller Warm-Up for his first EPT title.
Oh, and we'll also let you know what Phil Ivey is up to as he's been seen double dipping at both the WSOP Paradise and WPT World Championship, including a planned holiday meet-up game (MUG) at the latter.
