This time it was Yevgeniy Dudos, who had Serhat Cetiner at risk preflop and the Russian was way ahead preflop with ?. Cetiner only had ? but got there on a board of ????. With Dudos now crippled, an all Turkish podium seems very likely.
Mehmet Sinan Ogan was all in and at risk for his last 322,000 with ? and had a coin flip against the ? of Serhat Cetiner. The board ran out ???? and both players effectively switched their stacks.
Straight after he had folded the previous hand to an all in, Ates Hikmet got involved again and raised to 70,000 from under the gun. Fuat Tanindi moved all in for just under 500,000 and Hikmet stood up, seriously contemplating a call. He checked the screens for the chip counts and chips in play before announcing the call.
Tanindi: ?
Hikmet: ?
The ?? flop gave Hikmet an open ended straight draw and the on the turn delivered even more outs. Sure enough the fell on the river, completing his straight. Tanindi started as one of the shortest stacks and laddered up all the way to fifth place, good for a payday of €6,440.
After a flop of ??, Serhat Cetiner check-raised all in against the continuation bet of Ates Hikmet. The chip leader had put in a bet of 125,000 and eventually folded.
Fuat Tanindi raised and then folded to the all in of Yevgeniy Dudos for 358,000 in total. One hand later, Mehmet Sinan Ogan raised from the button and only Ates Hikmet called in the big blind. Both players checked the ?? flop and Hikmet bet 40,000 on the turn. Ogan called before folding to a hefty 195,000 river-bet by his opponent when the completed the board.
Hikmet is dominating the table as of lately and has massive towers stacked, which makes it more difficult to count.
Fuat Tanindi has been very active as of lately and even a minor step-back in a three-way pot with Ates Hikmet and Yevgeniy Dudos didn't slow him down much. On the ?? flop, action was checked to initial raiser Dudos and he bet 120,000 with 226,000 behind. Hikmet quickly folded but Tanindi needed more time. Too much for Mehmet Sinan Ogan, who called the clock on him.
Five seconds before the end of the one minute, Tanindi folded.
The next hand, Dudos raised from under the gun and was called by Ogan to see the flop of ??. Ogan check-raised all in and Dudos forfeited a continuation bet of 64,000 by mucking his cards.
Yevgeniy Dudos was getting really short and fell below the 200,000 in chips when he found himself in the big blind. The action folded to Mehmet Sinan Ogan in the small blind and he moved all in. Dudos called for his last 193,000 with ? and Ogan only had the Doyle Brunson memorial hand ?.
The board ran out ????, giving the Russian an urgently needed double up.
Ates Hikmet and Fuat Tanindi have started taking pictures of each other with the respective smart phones of the opponent. Does that count as an advanced selfie?
It is only the fifth live event for Mehmet Sinan Ogan as he primarily plays cash game and he prefers Omaha over Hold'em. He happened to win the first one and is on the way to become a threat for the second title as well. Ogan raised from the button and found a customer in Ates Hikmet to see the flop of ??.
No action followed on the flop as Ogan checked behind and then called a bet of 40,000 on the turn. Hikmet fired the river as well for another 80,000 and was called top reveal ? for ace-high. Ogan had that beat with ?.
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and both players effectively switched their stacks.
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