We haven't been back from the break long but that hasn't stopped players from getting tangled in pots. Georgios Sotiropoulos was one of those players and he just lost a small pot that takes him down to 6,075 chips.
He started the betting with a raise to 300 and only found one caller in middle position.
It was a flop and Sotiropoulos continued for 325, which was called. He slowed down on the turn, electing to check and folded to a 600 bet.
The player in mid-position raised to 400 and Matt Stout called in late position. The player in the hijack three-bet to 1,500. The initial raiser folded and Stout called.
The flop came , and Stout bet 2,000. The hijack raised to 5,000 and Stout snap-shoved for 9,175 in total, His opponent instantly called with the bigger stack.
Matt Stout:
Hijack:
Stout had flopped two pair and his opponent had an overpair and straight draw.
The turn brought the to give the hijack her straight but the river ended that fairy tale as it was the to give Stout a full house, tens over nines, to double up.
The board read and there was already around 5,000 in the middle.
Boris Kolev had checked in the big blind and his opponent in the cutoff bet 5,000. Kolev looked at his opponent and the board several times before finally putting in the call, The cutoff showed for ace-high and Kolev had that beat with for the flopped pair of jacks.
11 times ring winner Maurice Hawkins just added a small pot to his stack. He began by limping in early position and got two calls behind, before the blinds came along too.
There was no further action on the flop or the turn but the river saw a bet by Hawkins to 600 and it was good to take the pot.
The player in mid-position raised to 500 and action folded to Cosmin Joldis on the button. Joldis looked at his cards and shoved. The blinds quickly folded. The initial raised asked for a count and the dealer confirmed that it was 4,200 in total. He looked at his cards and stack once more and then called.
Cosmin Joldis:
Mid-position:
They both had the same hole cards, they each hoped to pick up the flush but the wasn't that. They split up the antes and blinds between them.