Two More Hands Before Break
Hand #1:
Erasmus Morfe opened to 400,000 under the gun and Alex Kotliarsky reraised all in on his direct left. Action went back to Morfe and he called.
Erasmus Morfe: ![]()
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Alex Kotliarsky: ![]()
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Morfe held for the double as the board came ![]()
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Hand #2: On the following hand, Kotliarsky raised to 400,000 under the gun and was three-bet to 700,000 by Noel Diaz, who was on the button. Kotliarsky called.
The dealer fanned a flop of ![]()
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and Kotliarsk checked. Diaz made a continuation-bet of 350,000 and Kotliarsky called, bringing the turn
. Both players checked.
The river fell
and Kotliarsky checked again. Diaz fired out 675,000 and Kotliarsky quickly dropped in a chip to call.
Diaz remarked frustratedly and then turned his cards over in a fashion that matched his remark: "Nothing," he said as he showed ![]()
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Kotliarsky turned over ![]()
and saw the pot shipped his way for his two pair, aces up.
Players are now on a 15-minute break with play set to resume at 9:30 p.m. local time.
Chip counts for the remaining six players have also been provided below.