Back-to-Back Pots for Gieles
Luuk Gieles raised to 23,000 under the gun and Daniel Dvoress three-bet from the cutoff to 61,000 after which the action folded back to the Dutchman. Gieles enquired how much Dvoress had to start the hand, before announcing, "Raise."
After a while Gieles threw in 145,000 and Dvoress tanked a bit before folding.
On the very next hand Jason Mercier raised from the button to 20,000 and Gieles enquired how much his opponent started with before making the call.
The flop brought out 
and Gieles check-called a bet of 18,000 after which the turn brought the 
. Both players checked on the fourth card, and the river completed the board with the 
.
Gieles threw out 55,000 and Mercier gave it some thought before calling. Gieles tabled 
and Mercier aggressively mucked his cards, as he's now down to 156,000 chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
1,115,000 | 175,000 |
|
530,000 | -30,000 |
|
156,000 | -74,000 |
and Kurganov fired 25,000 into the middle. Munoz made the call and the 
fell on the turn. Kurganov now checked, and called the 65,000 bet that followed.
on the river made for a double paired board and Kurganov checked again. Munoz shoved all in for about 210,000 and Kurganov instantly called by tossing in some 1,000 chips.
. Kurganov tabled 
for the full house and Munoz made his exit.
.
on the flop was still save for Astapau, but the satellite winner got hurt by the turn: 
and the Polish player got knocked out.
