Alexey Rybin raised to 300,000, and Esther Taylor called in the big blind. The flop came , and both players checked. After the turn, Taylor checked, and Rybin bet 300,000 to win the pot.
Artem Babakhanyan raised to 300,000 on the button and flashed . Babakhanyan also showed pocket queens twice when he received walks, while more than 10 minutes in the new level had passed without any major action.
After 13 minutes of the new level, James Calderaro casually strolled in with a smile on the face and no sense of urgency. "Did you guys already blind me out?" he joked while he took the empty seat.
Babakhanyan has chipped up slightly, but he and Taylor remain at the bottom of the counts.
Esther Taylor had just over 1,000,000 chips to start the hand and raised from under the gun to 400,000. James Calderaro called from the small blind, and the two players saw a flop of . They both checked.
The turn was the , and Calderado bet 800,000, putting Taylor to a decision for the remainder of her stack. After a few moments of thought, she folded.
Artem Babakhanyan limped from the button, Esther Taylor raised the pot to 480,000 from the small blind, Alexey Rybin folded his big blind, and Babakhanyan called.
The flop came down , and Taylor shoved for about 290,000. Babakhanyan folded, giving Taylor the pot.
Esther Taylor raised to 400,000 first to act, and Alexey Rybin called from the button. On the flop, Taylor bet the pot, and Rybin moved all in. Taylor called all in for 970,000.
Esther Taylor:
Alexey Rybin:
"Flush draw," Rybin said to his Russian rail, and they saw the board complete with the turn and river.
Taylor doubled and climbed to third in chips, while Rybin took a small hit to his stack and dropped to around half of the total chips in play.
With about 400,000 already in the middle and the board reading , James Calderaro bet 200,000 from the big blind into his lone opponent, Artem Babakhanyan, who was under the gun. Babakhanyan moved all in for 715,000, and after a few moments of thought, Calderaro called to put Babakhanyan at risk.
Calderaro:
Babakhanyan:
Both players held straights, but Babakhanyan had the best of it with the ten-high straight against Calderaro's eight-high straight. The river changed nothing, and Babakhanyan took the pot to double up.
Alexey Rybin raised to 360,000 in the small blind, and James Calderaro called in the big blind.
On the flop, both players checked. The appeared on the turn, and Rybin checked, Calderaro bet 500,000, and Rybin called. After the river, Rybin checked again, and Calderaro bet 1,000,000. Rybin quickly announced a check-raise to 3,000,000, and Calderaro grabbed into his stack to aim for calling chips. Calderaro called, and Rybin shook his head.
Calderaro showed for a straight. Rybin mucked face-up, and Calderaro jumped into the lead with his rail loudly cheering, "Let's go, Caldo."