Our WPT colleague just caught a hand that that Jerry Odeen atop the chip counts, while Brian Senie dropped down to about 430,000 chips. The flop showed when Odeen bet 28,000 and Senie raised to 89,000.
After a while Odeen called and on the turn the hit, on which both players checked. The river brought the and again the action was checked.
Odeen showed and Senie mucked, giving up a sizeable pot to the Swede.
Aurelie Quelain just found herself moving all in for 31,000 over a raise from Sergio Aido to 7,000. Yann Dion made the call behind her, and Aido folded to create a heads-up showdown.
The flop showed when Abdelkader Benhalima moved all in for 350,000 with just 22,000 chips in the pot. The pressure was now on Aleksandas Denichev, and he made the call for about 120,000.
Benhalima:
Denichev:
The board brought mere bricks, and Denichev doubled up.
The table with Brian Senie, Jerry Odeen and Pavel Veksler has a ton of chips on it, and a lot of those just shifted towards Pavel Veksler.
With about 160,000 in the middle, the board showed and Veksler bet 95,000. Odeen made the call and on the river the hit.
Veksler moved all in for 203,000 chips and Odeen went into the tank for a long time. The clock was eventually called on him, and in the dying seconds he decided to make the call.
Veksler showed for a full house, and he took down this massive pot.
After a raise to 9,000 and a call, it was Emrah Cakmak who moved all in for 80,500. Atanas Kavrakov was seated in the big blind, and he tanked for a bit before moving all in. The other two players folded and the showdown went as following.
Kavrakov:
Cakmak:
The board ran out and Cakmak survived this coin flip.
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