Ihar Soika limped in from the small blind and Mukul Pahuja checked his option in the big. The flop came and Soika got a check-raise in that did not shake Pahuja.
The turn came the and a bet of 325,000 from Soika. Pahuja flatted and the river came the . Soika pushed all in and Pahuja snap-called with the for two pair.
Soika had two pair himself, but the wasn't good enough as he exited fourth and Pahuja took a healthy chip lead into three-handed play.
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Ihar Soika raised to 80,000 as first to act and Mukul Pahuja three-bet to 195,000 from one seat over on the button. Soika had the dealer verify the reraising amount and then thought about his next move for two minutes. Soika then squeezed to 475,000 and Pahuja wasted little time before putting his opponent all in to enforce a snap fold.
Mukul Pahuja limped from the small blind and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau checked his option in the big blind. On the flop , both players contributed another 50,000 chips to the pot and Pahuja then checked the on the turn. Vaskaboinikau bet 65,000 and Pahuja folded to get a "why no bluff my friend?" from his table neighbor.
Mukul Pahuja raised to 90,000 as first to act and Ihar Soika defended his big blind to see the heads-up flop of . Soika checked and then check-raised successfully to 265,000 once Pahuja had fired a continuation bet worth 85,000. Pahuja was not willing to continue the hand and gave up the pot.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau raised to 75,000 from under the gun and the action reached Vladimir Dobrovolskiy in the big blind. He moved all in for 504,000 and Vaskaboinikau gave it some thought before making the call.
Vaskaboinikau:
Dobrovolskiy:
The Russian was ahead preflop but that only lasted until the flop fell , giving Vaskaboinikau a pair of tens. Dobrovolskiy was drawing to four kings and three jacks in order to avoid elimination, however the board filled up with the turn and river instead. Dobrovolskiy is eliminated in 5th place and received a payday of €131,180.
Byron Kaverman raised to 70,000 from the button and Mukul Pahuja called in the big blind to check the flop . Kaverman checked behind and did so as well on the turn. The river completed the board and Pahuja now bet 95,000. Kaverman called and then immediately mucked when he was shown the for two pair by Pahuja.
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and Soika got a check-raise in that did not shake Pahuja.
and a bet of 325,000 from Soika. Pahuja flatted and the river came the 
. Soika pushed all in and Pahuja snap-called with the 
wasn't good enough as he exited fourth and Pahuja took a healthy chip lead into three-handed play.
, both players contributed another 50,000 chips to the pot and Pahuja then checked the 
on the turn. Vaskaboinikau bet 65,000 and Pahuja folded to get a "why no bluff my friend?" from his table neighbor.
. Soika checked and then check-raised successfully to 265,000 once Pahuja had fired a continuation bet worth 85,000. Pahuja was not willing to continue the hand and gave up the pot.
, giving Vaskaboinikau a pair of tens. Dobrovolskiy was drawing to four kings and three jacks in order to avoid elimination, however the board filled up with the 
turn and 
river instead. Dobrovolskiy is eliminated in 5th place and received a payday of €131,180.
turn. The 
for two pair by Pahuja.