Orpaz Pipped by Tkatschew
Kenny Hallaert opened to 7,000 from the hijack and Tom Orpaz three-bet to 21,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Hallaert, who four-bet jammed to bring a quick fold out of Orpaz.
"You got aces?" asked Orpaz. "I had a good ace."
"Not that good," Hallaert commented about Orpaz' fold.
The next hand, action folded to Orpaz and he raised to 7,000 from the hijack before Alexander Tkatschew defended out of the big blind.
"No diamonds!" Orpaz said as the dealer fanned the flop of 
.
Tkatschew checked and Orpaz continued for 10,000. Tkatschew called. Tkatschew checked again on the 
turn and Orpaz bet 20,000. Tkatschew again called.
Tkatschew checked a third time on the 
river and Orpaz sized up to 30,000. Tkatschew quickly called. Orpaz showed 
for top pair, but he was pipped by the 
of Tkatschew to lose the pot.
"Ahhhh. Nice hand," Orpaz said glumly.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000
261,000
|
261,000 |
|
||
|
200,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
55,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
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turn and then called all in versus Diego Montone, who tabled the 
, needing a spade for the flush or nine for the straight.
river failed to improve his holding.
flop. Another check-call on the 
turn led to a pot of around 90,000 and Lodge also checked the 
on the river.
and ended up second-best to the 
of Lodge.
. Alilovic checked, Zuev checked and Cessy bet 7,000. Alilovic folded and Zuev called. The turn was the 
. Zuev checked and Cessy bet 27,000, which Zuev called. 
river. Zuev had been controlling the pot size from out of position, and showed 
fell on the river and Wilf now checked, which prompted a bet of 100,000 by Vu. That covered Wilf's remaining stack, who ended up sigh-folding. "You bluffed me, right?" he asked his opponent while Vu was busy stacking the chips but received no answer.
. Dyer checked and Kolonias bet 23,000. Dyer thought for a while before chucking his hand in the muck. Kolonias took down the three-bet pot and added to his growing stack. He now has close to 500,000 in chips.
on the turn gave him a lock on the hand for a double before the 
bricked off on the river.
