Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised it up from under the gun and Koray Aldemir stuck in a three-bet to 2,200 in the cutoff. Arnaud Mattern four-bet to 8,200 which was followed by an all in for 15,400 from Yotsushika. Aldemir folded but Mattern quickly called.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika:
Arnaud Mattern:
The flop of provided no immediate help for Yotsushika. The on the turn gave him a straight draw but the on the river bricked out and Yotsushika was eliminated.
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , Daniel Dvoress had a bet of 3,700 in front of him on the button. Nang Quang Nguyen check-raised all in for 22,100 out of the big blind and Dvoress looked him up.
Nang Quang Nguyen:
Daniel Dvoress:
Nguyen flopped a set of sixes which left Dvoress drawing to just a straight. The paired the board on the river and Nguyen improved to a full house to double up.
Johan Guilbert alerted the live reporting team that his table was playing a round of straddles and that the hands were going to be fun to follow.
Dimitar Danchev had indeed raised to 800 from under the gun and Guilbert called from the hijack, so did Andrey Andreev on the button. They all checked through the whole board for Danchev to claim the pot with the for the pair of fives.
On the next hand, Tamon Nakamura min-raised from under the gun, and Andreev, in the cutoff, and Danchev, in the big blind, called. The flop came , Danchev bet 800 for Nakamura to fold but for Andreev to make the call. They then both proceeded by checking through the on the turn and the on the river. Danchev showed the for Andreev to table the for two pair and the pot.
Another hand later, Hossein Madani was up to raise blind from under the gun and Andreev three-bet to 4,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Madani who made the call. They both checked through the flop and the on the turn to the on the river. Madani bet 3,000 for Andreev to make the call with the for Madani to win the hand with the .
In the final hand of the straddle round, Guilbert himself was up for the straddle. Sirzat Hissou three-bet to 2,500 from the hijack for Danny Pyke to make the call from the cutoff. Nakamura four-bet shoved for 49,100 from the small blind. Everyone folded.
The tournament clock now reads a total of 125 entries with 106 players remaining. Late registration for this event will remain open until the start of Day 2 and this is a single re-entry tournament.
Ben Heath raised to 900 from under the gun and Davidi Kitai made the call from the button while the rest folded. The flop came , Heath continued with a bet of 900 but folded when Kitai raised it up to 3,500.
On the next hand, Seth Davies raised to 900 from the hijack and Heath defended his big blind. The flop came , for Heath to check-fold to the 2,400 continuation-bet of Davies.
Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Orpen Kisacikoglu defended from the big blind. The flop came and Kisacikoglu check-called a bet of 2,000 from Thorel.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Kisacikoglu put together a bet of 4,600 and Thorel looked him up. Kisacikoglu showed for a missed straight draw while Thorel had for a rivered pair.
Mustapha Kanit completed his small blind and Sam Greenwood opted to check in the big blind.
The flop came , Kanit bet 500 for Greenwood to call.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Kanit bet 2,500 and Greenwood contemplated it for a few seconds before making the call. Kanit showed the for the missed gutshot to a straight draw for Greenwood to claim the pot with the for the flopped pair of jacks.