Nir Sharon opened from under the gun to 2,300. Action folded around to Leonardo Rizzo in the small blind who reraised to 3,600. Marco Regonaschi called in the big blind as did Sharon.
Rizzo then led out for 8,100 on the Q♣A♠10♥ flop, to which both Regonaschi and Sharon quickly folded.
Jamie Dwan opened from under the gun to 2,100. Mohamadou Abilil called from early position and Emil Sudimak defended the big blind.
Sudimak checked the monotone 3♥10♥6♥ flop to Dwan who bet 2,000. Abilil called and Sudimak folded. Dwan check-called a 5,500 bet from Abilil on the 9♣ turn before leading for 2,500 on the 10♣ river. Abilil then reraised to 16,000 and Dwan snap-called.
He showed 6♣6♦ for a flopped set and Abilil showed A♦Q♠ for a ace-high bluff.
Remy Murcia limped in from the small blind and Harry Lodge checked his option in the big blind.
Murcia took the lead for 1,000 on the 9♣K♣4♥ flop. Lodge called.
The A♣ turn slowed down Murcia, who checked. Lodge bet out 2,000 and Murcia check-raised to 10,000. Lodge elected to fold.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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Besiana Antoni opened from middle position to 1,600. Vivian Saliba called in the hijack. Action folded around to Axel Junker who defended the big blind.
The 6♠A♥K♣ flop was checked around, as was the A♠ turn. Another round of knuckles ensued on the 4♠ river. Antoni tabled 10♦9♦ before Junker declared "queen-high" while tabling Q♣10♥. However, it was Saliba's 8♠8♥ that was good enough to take the pot.
Jianwei Lin raised from the cutoff, receiving a call from Orjan Birkestol, in the small blind.
Birkestol check-called a bet of 1,200 from Lin on the 4♥8♠A♦ flop.
The 2♣ turn and Q♣ river checked to a showdown, prompting Birkestol to table J♣8♥; his third pair was enough to see Lin's cards into the muck.
The pot stood at 19,000 with two players looking at a full board that read A♠J♥J♣7♠5♠.
Axel Junker, in the small blind, bet out for 3,300. Paul Runcan, in the hijack, moved all in putting Junker to the test for his effective stack of approximately 16,000.
Junker thought for some time before mucking A♦Q♣ face up, conceding the pot to Runcan.
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