On the river of a board 
, Warwick Mirzikinian led out of the small blind for 15,600 and Raphael Schreiner called in the big blind. Jan-Peter Jachtmann also came along from the button and Mirzikinian rolled over 
. Schreiner had the same nut straight with 
and Jachtmann mucked.
Andriy Lyubovetskiy raised to 1,300 and he was called three ways by Ludovic Geilich, Robert Salaburu and Tommy Le. The flop of 
was checked and Lyubovetskiy bet the 
turn for 3,200. Geilich folded, Salaburu raised to 12,500 and Le folded, while Lyubovetskiy called.
Both ended up checking the 
on the river and Lyubovetskiy was first to show, yet Salaburu flashed his cards including the 
. Lyubovetskiy had the winning hand with 
for queens and kings, and Salaburu nodded with a "nice hand."
With 13,200 in the middle, and the flop reading 
, Ben Lamb checked from the small blind and Keith Lehr bet 6,000 from the big blind.
Freddy Deeb called in the cutoff, as did Lamb, and the turn fell the .
Lamb checked and Lehr announced a bet of pot amounting to 31,200. Deeb folded, but Lamb responded by announced he was all in for for 121,600.
Lehr went deep into the tank and asked Lamb a few inaudible questions.
Eventually Lehr opted to fold, and Lamb asked to see the river.
Lehr shot him a look and Lamb laughed before the 
was exposed.
"I had it. I had ace-queen-jack-nine," stated Lehr.
"Chop it up," added Lamb with a smile.
On the tail end of a bigger pot in a battle of the blinds, the completed board showed 
and Veselin Karakitukov bet 23,000 in the small blind. Eddie Ochana made the call and mucked when Karakitukov rolled over 
for sixes full.
One hand later, Anthony Alberto raised to 1,500 first to act and David Wang called from one seat over. Chance Kornuth on the button three-bet to 6,500 and was called by Alberto and Wang. The flop fell 
and Alberto was the only one to check-call a bet of 15,000 by Wang.
The turn went check, check, and the river resulted in a bet of 24,000 by Alberto and a fold from Wang.
Roger Teska opened to 1,500 under the gun and Prahlad Friedman called on the button, as did Jesse Sylvia from the big blind.
The flop landed 
and after Sylvia checked, Teska continued for 4,000.
Friedman called, and Sylvia folded as the turn fell the .
Teska bet 10,000, and Friedman folded.
Among the latest notables to enter the field at the start of level three were Jesse Sylvia, James Chen, John Racener, Keith Lehr and Ben Lamb. According to the screens, there are already 128 entries registered and that number is guaranteed to grow further with single re-entry and registration available until the start of level 13.
Nível: 3
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 0
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