Abdelkader Benhalima just raised under the gun to 26,000 and Pedro Marques called after which Anton Afanasyev moved all in for 207,000 from the big blind. Benhalima made the call and Marques folded, creating the following showdown.
Benhalima:
Afanasyev:
The board ran out and Benhalima celebrated loudly once again as he hit a jack on the river to knock out Afanasyev in 10th place. The final nine players will now redraw for the final table, and play will continue until we are down the the final six.
Pavel Savin raised to 27,000 and Pavel Veksler three-bet to about 90,000, according to Henrik Hecklen, after which Savin moved all in. Savin was all in for around 370,000 and Veksler called right away.
Veksler:
Savin:
The board ran out and the river gave Veksler a winning pair of aces to send Savin to the rail in ninth place.
With a flop showing Henrik Hecklen bet 31,000 from the hijack after Pavel Plesuv checked to him. Plesuv check-raised to 75,000 and Hecklen made the call.
The turn brought the and Plesuv bet 150,000, which was called by the Danish pro.
On the river a hit and Plesuv bet 310,000, which ultimately got Hecklen to fold.
Fahredin Mustafov raised to 35,000 and Javier Gomez three-bet from the small blind to 120,000. The action folded back to Mustafov who made it 205,000 to go.
"All in," Gomez announced, and Mustafov quickly folded.
Gomez raked in the pot and chipped up nicely to 785,000 while Mustafov maintains in the lead.
Abdelkader Benhalima raised before the flop to 40,000 and Pavel Veksler called from his direct left. Fahredin Mustafov called from the big blind and the flop brought out on which all three players checked.
The turn brought the and Mustafov lead out for 75,000, and Benhalima folded right away. Veksler made the call and on the river the board completed with the .
Mustafov threw in another 125,000 and Veksler tanked for about a minute before making the call.
Mustafov showed , and Veksler tabled but his small pair was enough to win this pot.
We're still eight-handed in the WPT Prague Main Event, and while Henrik Hecklen has been getting pretty beat up in the last couple of hands, it was just Javier Gomez who lost a chunk of his stack as well.
Gomez raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Pavel Veksler three-bet from the button to 82,000. Gomez called, and the flop brought out .
Both players checked on the flop and the turn was the . Gomez check-called a bet of 95,000 and the river was the .
This time both players checked and Gomez showed . Veksler turned over and he took down this pot as well.