Holding 8♥5♥, Dimitar Danchev opened to 60,000 on the button, and called when Ryuta Nakai three-bet to 200,000 from the big blind with A♠3♥.
Nakai pumped the brakes on the 5♠9♦J♦ flop, choosing to check-fold when Danchev bet 160,000.
Holding 8♥5♥, Dimitar Danchev opened to 60,000 on the button, and called when Ryuta Nakai three-bet to 200,000 from the big blind with A♠3♥.
Nakai pumped the brakes on the 5♠9♦J♦ flop, choosing to check-fold when Danchev bet 160,000.
Ryuta Nakai opened to 60,000 with A♣7♣ and Dimitar Danchev called out of the big blind with Q♣4♦.
Danchev checked the K♣Q♦9♦ flop before Nakai continued for 40,000. Danchev called.
The 5♣ turn led to another check from Danchev before Nakai followed with a bet of 225,000.
Danchev gave it some consideration before he folded as Nakai successfully pushed Danchev off his pair.
Alex Foxen raised to 65,000 on the button, and Nikita Kuznetsov called in the big blind.
Kuznetsov proceeded with a check-call on the Q♦2♠5♥ flop, as Foxen continued for 35,000.
Fireworks awaited on the 6♦ turn, as Kuznetsov checked in flow before facing an overbet by Foxen, who barrelled for 250,000. Kuznetsov responded with a raise to 730,000. Undeterred, Foxen announced a three-bet all-in for 2,190,000, and Kuznetsov snap-called.
Alex Foxen: Q♥5♠
Nikita Kuznetsov: Q♣6♥
It was a cooler setup for Foxen, who had flopped two pair before being run down on the turn, as Kuznetsov improved to a better two pair. The A♠ river couldn't save Foxen, whose run came to an end in fourth place.
Level: 53
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 0
Dimitar Danchev opened to 50,000 on the button with J♦6♠. Ryuta Nakai defended with 9♦4♦.
Nakai checked the 3♣5♦8♦ flop before Danchev bet 75,000. Nakai responded with a check-raise to 230,000. Danchev was done with the hand as Nakai took down a small pot.
Looking down at 7♠7♥, Ryuta Nakai opened to 50,000 on the button and found himself facing a three-bet to 200,000 from Dimitar Danchev in the big blind with 9♥9♣. Nakai responded with a four-bet to 400,000, and Danchev called.
The dealer spread a 6♣J♠J♦ flop, and Danchev check-called a continuation-bet of 350,000 by Nakai.
Danchev checked for a second time on the A♠ flop, but this time folded when Nakai barrelled for 1,100,000, getting a better hand to fold.
This hand was picked up on the 5♦4♣8♣ flop with 100,000 in the middle.
Nikita Kuznetsov checked with 4♠4♥ over to Foxen, who bet 75,000 with 9♦8♥. Kuznetsov check-raised to 245,000 and was called by Foxen.
The 8♦ turn led to a bet of 335,000 from Kuznetsov. Foxen called with his trip eights.
Kuznetsov chose to bet 260,000 on the 10♥ river. Foxen raised to 1,520,000 in response. Kuznetsov wanted to play for it all and put out 4,500,000, which was enough to put Foxen all-in.
Foxen gave it some thought with his trip eights, but opted to fold to award the pot to Kuzentsov.
Ryuta Nakai raised to 50,000, and Dimitar Danchev defended his big blind with.
Danchev check-called a bet of 30,000 on the J♣3♣J♥ flop, before the action checked through on the 10♣.
Danchev opted to lead out for 40,000 on the 9♠ river, and Nakai looked him up with his A♠Q♥. Ace-high was no good as Danchev flipped over Q♠9♥ for a rivered two pair.
Dimitar Danchev raised to 50,000 on the button with 8♣4♠. Ryuta Nakai defended his big blind with J♥5♣.
Both players checked the 7♥10♦K♦ flop and the 9♥ turn to bring the Q♥ river.
Nakai slipped it over to Danchev with his straight before Danchev obliged with a bet of 75,000. Nakai responded with a check-raise to 275,000. Danchev folded to award the pot to Nakai.
Nikita Kuznetsov raised to 50,000 and was called by Alex Foxen.
The flop came 6♥J♠K♣, whic hled to a check from Foxen. Kuznetsov bet 30,000 and was called.
Both players checked the Q♠ and the 2♠ river.
Foedn showed J♦10♠ for a pair of jacks, which was good as Kuzentsov held A♣7♠ for ace high.