Ezatulla Amani is no longer in and Vitaly Karayan would follow to the rail from the very same table soon after. Karayan raised from under the gun and Vsevolod Nikolaev called on the button. The flop fell and Karayan continued for 3,000, which Nikolaev called.
After the turn, Karayan check-raised all in and Nikolaev called.
Vsevolod Nikolaev:
Vitaly Karayan:
The on the river failed to improve Karayan and he was eliminated.
Jason Wheeler opened for 2,700 and face a three-bet from his neighbor Sergey Isupov to 7,500. The blinds folded and action was back on Wheeler.
Close to five minutes ticked by as Wheeler jiggled his leg restlessly and the table awaited his decision. Wheeler then cut out a bet and raised to 17,500.
I was Isupov’s turn to decode the bet but he had one last look at his cards and let it go.
“You three bet me too much,” Wheeler told Isupov. “I give you the first three, I don’t give you any more. I’m not the Bank of America.”
Jorge Cantos raised to 2,700 and Bertrand" ElkY" Grospellier three-bet to 6,700 from the cutoff. Cantos four-bet all in for 21,000 and Grospellier snap-called.
Bertrand Grospellier:
Jorge Cantos:
The board came and Cantos was drawing dead on the turn. Grospellier's table will move to the featured live stream table for the next two levels when they come back after the upcoming break.
Maxim Mamonov raised to 3,600 and Daniyar Aubakirov defended his big blind, then checked the flop. Mamonov bet 4,000 and won the pot right there.
Ruslan Voitovich defended his big blind against a raise to 3,200 by Aubakirov and check-folded the flop against a continuation bet of the same size by Aubakirov. The player from Kazakhstan and WPT Amsterdam champion raked in two more pots with raise and take its, and is cruising near the top of the chip counts right now.