Event #5: No Limit Hold'em Colossus

Gabriele Re raised it up in early position and Giovanni Nava three-bet to 11,500 in the hijack. The action folded back to Re who called to see a flop of    .

Re checked to Nava who continued for 16,500 and Re shoved all in. Nava called off his stack of around 85,000 and the cards were tabled. Re showed    for a set of tens which out-flopped the    of Nava. The   and   runout changed nothing and Nava was eliminated.

Milad Oghabian is also sitting at the table and has accumulated a stack of over 300,000 thus far, the only one in the room to hit that mark.

The remaining 210 players are heading on another 20-minute break. Late registration will be closed once the cards go back in the air.

Munkhbayar Nyamsuren raised it up from the cutoff and Stefan Ott stuck in a three-bet from the small blind. Nyamsuren called and they went heads-up to a flop of    .

Ott led out with a bet of 6,300 into a pot of just under 20,000. Nyamsuren raised to 15,600 and Ott called. The   paired the board on the turn and Ott checked to Nyamsuren who counted out a bet of 24,200. Ott dumped his cards to the muck and Nyamsuren collected the pot.

There was already over 50,000 chips in the middle with the board reading     . Milos Petakovic led out with a bet of 25,000 from the big blind and Sergiu Covrig called from the cutoff.

The river brought the   and Petakovic shoved all in for 56,800. Covrig asked for a count and took a couple of minutes before eventually laying his hand down, allowing Petakovic to scoop one of the biggest pots of the day.

Milos Petakovic	153,500	153,500
Sergiu Covrig	137,000	-55,000

Nawroz Gaff raised to 3,000 in early position and was called by Jovan Kenjic in the cutoff and Aliaksandr Shylko on the button. The flop came     and the action checked around to the   on the turn.

Gaff led out with a bet of 4,000 which got Kenjic to fold but Shylko raised to 10,000. Gaff called and the   hit the river. Gaff checked this time and Shylko quickly checked it back. Gaff flipped over    for a set of eights and Shylko mucked his cards.

Avraham Hazan opened to 2,200 in early position and Floor ten Zijthof three-bet to 7,000 just a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Hazan who called to see a flop of    .

Hazan checked to Ten Zijthof who announced all in. The dealer thought she checked and put the   on the turn prematurely. Hazan called off the rest of his 14,000 chips and the   was put to the side to be washed back in the deck.

Ten Zijthof showed    and was trailing the    of Hazan. The new turn card was the   which changed nothing but the river was now the   which gave Ten Zijthof a pair of aces and eliminated Hazan.

Floor ten Zijthof	85,000	60,000
Avraham Hazan	0

Robert Zapp opened to 1,600 in early position and Mykola Kostyrko re-raised to 5,500 in the cutoff. It folded back to Zapp who called to see a flop of    .

Zapp checked to Kostyrko who continued with a bet of 7,500 and Zapp called. The   paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the   on the river.

Zapp pushed out a stack of 5,000 chips and Kostyrko went into the tank for a couple of minutes before calling off his stack of just under 20,000. Zapp turned over    for trip jacks and Kostyrko flashed    before his cards hit the muck.

Robert Zapp	96,000	84,700
Mykola Kostyrko	0

Louis Denizart opened to 1,500 in the cutoff and David Hu three-bet to 4,500 on the button. The blinds folded and Denizart pushed the last of his 21,800 chips into the middle. Hu wasted little time before making the call, putting Denizart at risk.

Louis Denizart:   
David Hu:   

The flop came     to give Denizart the lead with a pair of kings. The   on the turn gave Hu a flush draw but the   on the river secured the double up for Denizart.