With four players in the pot, Yuang Chen fired out a bet of 4,000 from early position on the flop of Q♣J♦8♣. He found one caller from the button, but two folds from Milosz Mocydlarz and Amine Daher in the blinds.
Chen continued with a bet of 25,000 upon seeing the 4♦ turn. His opponent called for the A♥ to roll off on the river. Chen put out a meaty bet of 100,000, which forced the button player to fold.
Ghassan Bitar made it 3,000 to go from early position, which Elena Iakovleva three-bet to 10,000 in the hijack.
It folded to Anatoly Zlotnikov in the big blind, who let his shot clock run to the final few seconds before four-betting to 30,000. Bitar quickly got out of the way, and Iakovleva eventually followed suit, shipping the pot to Zlotnikov.
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The player in middle position opened to 3,000, which the hijack three-bet to 8,000. Alisa Sibgatova called cold in the cutoff, after which the player in middle position folded.
The hijack checked the 2♥7♥4♠ over to Sibgatova, who fired a bet of 5,500. Her opponent called to the 10♥ turn, where he promptly led out for 6,000. Sibgatova put in a call, which she also did when the hijack sized up to 8,000 on the 4♥ river.
The hijack gave the table a friendly pat as he turned over A♠Q♦ for ace-high. Sibgatova tabled her 9♥9♦ for a pair of nines and was awarded the pot.
From the small blind, on a flop of Q♣Q♥7♣, Mazen Halabi bet 3,000 and was met by a raise to 7,000 by Viacheslav Pak out of the big blind. Halabi three-bet to 20,000, and Pak called.
The dealer burned a card then revealed the 6♠ on the turn. Halabi bet 30,000, which Pak quickly called.
Both players checked the 4♦ river and Halabi turned over A♠10♣ for ace-high. Pak had that beat with 10♠10♥ and took down the pot.
Catching the action on a flop of A♥2♣4♦, with around 65,000 already in the middle, Sergey Aleksandrov check-called a bet of 25,000 from the player in the hijack.
Aleksandrov then checked the 10♣ turn over to the hijack as well, who fired an additional 30,000. Undeterred, Aleksandrov put in another call before both players checked the J♦ river.
Aleksandrov tabled A♦Q♣ for top pair, taking down the sizable pot when the hijack mucked his cards.
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The 87 players have taken their seats as the cards are in the air for Day 1c of the $2,200 Luxon Pay Grand Final.
Level: 1
Blinds: 1,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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