Hands #1-6: Ockenden Gets Ace-King Twice
Hand #1: In the first hand of the day, it was folded to Aliaksei Boika on the small blind and he completed with and Mats Karlsson checked his .
The flop came down and Boika check-folded to a bet from the chipleader.
Hand #2: From first position, Dmitry Yurasov raised it up but folded when Aliaksei Boika threw in a three-bet from the button.
Hand #3: When folded to him, Peter Ockenden raised to 130,000 from the small blind with . Dmitry Yurasov called with .
The flop came down and Ockenden checked. Yurasov paired his eight and bet 125,000. Ockenden made the call and the fell on the turn. It was checked to Yurasov again and his 260,000-bet was called by Ockenden.
The river was the and it was checked to showdown and Yurasov won the first serious pot of the day.
Hand #4: Mats Karlsson had and from the cutoff, he made it 110,000 to go. On his left, Peter Ockenden found and he made a three-bet to 280,000. Dmitry Yurasov and Elie Saad folded their blinds and Karlsson folded as well.
Hand #5: From first position, Aliaksei Boika raised to 150,000 with . To his immediate left chipleader Mats Karlsson made a three-bet to 250,000 while holding . It was folded back to Boika and he let his hand go.
Hand #6: Action folded to Elie Saad on the button, who raised to 110,000 with . Aliaksei Boika defended his big blind with .
The board of got checked down all the way, giving Boika the winner with his pair of sixes.