The action has come to a halt once again and just two minor hands went to a showdown, albeit with barely any action.
Then, Philipp Gruissem raised to 20,000 and Ekrem Sanioglu called in the small blind. Igor Kurganov shoved out of the big blind for 81,000 and both opponents folded. Kurganov forfeited his small blind the next hand when Sanioglu raised the button and won the blinds and antes.
Ekrem Sanioglu raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and Joao Simao called in the small blind. On the flop, Simao checked and Sanioglu got through with a bet of 125,000.
One hand later, Sanioglu raised to 18,000 and Philipp Gruissem defended the big blind. Sanioglu joked "flush" and Gruissem smiled back. The flop came and Gruissem checked, then folded to Sanioglu's bet worth 55,000. Sanioglu flashed the and raked in another pot to take the lead on the money bubble.
The two shortest stacks are Igor Kurganov and Timothy Adams, who also happen to be on Sanioglu's table.
The 28 remaining players are on a 15-minute break. After the break, we will play one more level of 60 minutes before chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
John Juanda raised to 20,000 and Pavel Plesuv called in the small blind. On the flop, Plesuv check-called a bet worth 35,000 and the duo then checked the turn. Plesuv bet the river for 45,000 and Juanda called to see Plesuv roll over . Juanda had that beat with for a straight.
Hand 2
The last hand, also over on table four, took a bit longer and featured Dmitry Yurasov and Julian Thomas. The former was in the big blind and the latter raised to 17,000 from under the gun, which Yurasov called. On a flop of , Yurasov check-raised from 17,000 to 58,000 and Thomas called.
After the turn, Yurasov bet 90,000 and was called before firing the river for 120,000. Thomas used one time bank card and then moved all in for 322,000. Yurasov himself also used one time bank card and folded with three seconds left.
After losing the vast majority of his stack to Murad Akhundov, Ryan Riess was down to less than one big blind. He waited for a few more hands before committing his last 6,000.
Julian Thomas raised to 20,000 behind him and all other players folded.
Ryan Riess:
Julian Thomas:
Riess was in a good spot to survive but the flop was devastating: . The on the turn left the 2013 WSOP Main Event champion drawing dead, making the river meaningless.
While Dmitry Yurasov failed to get table neighbor Ekrem Sanioglu off a pair of kings with , there was another all in situation over on table four. Murad Akhundov had shoved the button for 72,000 and Ryan Riess, who had him barely covered, reshoved in the small blind. Julian Thomas folded in the big blind and the cards were tabled.
Ryan Riess:
Murad Akhundov:
The board came and Akhundov rivered a straight to double.
So much poker has been played throughout the past two weeks here in Monaco that it's been hard to keep up with it all. From the Main Events to the cash games, side events to charity tournaments, you're never more than a few metres away from a three-bet.
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flop, Simao checked and Sanioglu got through with a bet of 125,000.
and Gruissem checked, then folded to Sanioglu's bet worth 55,000. Sanioglu flashed the 
flop, Plesuv check-called a bet worth 35,000 and the duo then checked the 
turn. Plesuv bet the 
river for 45,000 and Juanda called to see Plesuv roll over 
. Juanda had that beat with 
for a straight.
river for 120,000. Thomas used one time bank card and then moved all in for 322,000. Yurasov himself also used one time bank card and folded with three seconds left.
. The 
on the turn left the 2013 WSOP Main Event champion drawing dead, making the 
