Ilkin Garibli raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and Oleksii Khoroshenin called from the small blind.
The flop came down and Khoroshenin checked to Garibli who continued for 180,000. Khoroshenin called, the hit the turn and both checked to see the river. Khoroshenin fired 310,000 and after a few moments Garibli raised to about 1.165 million.
Khoroshenin gave it some thought, but ultimately folded.
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Jean-Pascal Savard raised to 130,000 from the cutoff seat, and Ilkin Garibli called out of the big blind to see the flop come down . Garibli checked, Savard bet 125,000, and Garibli called.
The turn went check-check after the was added to the board, and then the paired the board on the river. Garibli checked, Savard bet 340,000, and Garibli folded.
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Oleksii Khoroshenin made it 140,000 to go from the button and found a call from Scott Seiver in the big blind. The two saw hit the felt and Seiver check-called a continuation of 155,000.
Fourth street was the and Seiver checked for a second time. Khoroshenin checked it back, allowing the to finish off the community cards. Seiver knocked the table, Khoroshenin fired 475,000, and Seiver let it go.
Khoroshenin pulled the pot and boosted his stack to about 1.96 million to Seiver's 1.65 million.
Oleksii Khoroshenin opened to 140,000 from the hijack and Ilkin Garibli called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Garibli checked to Khoroshenin who bet 160,000. Garibli check-raised to 340,000 and sent Khoroshenin into the tank for a bit before he folded.
Scott Seiver raised to 130,000 from the button and it folded over to Ilkin Garibli in the big blind. Garibli three-bet the action to 280,000, putting the decision back to Seiver. After about 30 seconds, Seiver announced all in for 1.625 million total and Garibli instantly called.
Seiver:
Garibli:
Seiver was behind heading to the flop and in dire need of help to stay alive. Fortunately for Seiver, everything turned around after the dealer fanned a flop. Seiver flopped top set and was suddenly in a great position to double. Garibil found no help on the turn () or the river () and Seiver secured a double heading into break. Full chip counts will be posted momentarily.
Nick Petrangelo open-shoved for approximately 900,000 from the hijack. Action folded to Joe Kuether who moved all in over the top from the small blind. The big blind folded and the hands were shown with Petrangelo at risk.
Petrangelo:
Kuether:
The board fell , failing to improve Petrangelo's hand and eliminating him from play in sixth place.
"Good game, guys," said Petrangelo as he stood from the table and made his way to the rail.
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and Khoroshenin checked to Garibli who continued for 180,000. Khoroshenin called, the 
hit the turn and both checked to see the 
river. Khoroshenin fired 310,000 and after a few moments Garibli raised to about 1.165 million.
. Garibli checked, Savard bet 125,000, and Garibli called.
was added to the board, and then the 
paired the board on the river. Garibli checked, Savard bet 340,000, and Garibli folded.
hit the felt and Seiver check-called a continuation of 155,000.
to finish off the community cards. Seiver knocked the table, Khoroshenin fired 475,000, and Seiver let it go.
flop. Seiver flopped top set and was suddenly in a great position to double. Garibil found no help on the turn (
) or the river (
) and Seiver secured a double heading into break. Full chip counts will be posted momentarily.
