Kaya Wins Some Back From Pham
Dinh Pham is the man on the rise and he has edged into the chip lead, though he has just shipped some chips the way of Yalcin Kaya after the pair clashed in a blind on blind battle.
Pham completed the small blind and called Kaya's 40,000 pre-flop bet to bring the pair to a 
flop, which saw Pham check-call Kaya's 40,000 continuation bet.
The 
turn saw checks from both players, but the 
river saw some action, with Pham check-calling Kaya's 125,000 river bet.
Pham revealed two of his hole cards, showing 
for top, top, but this was not enough to beat Kaya's 
and the latter scooped the pot.
The pair clashed again a couple of hands later, with Pham the pre-flop aggressor, making it 50,000 to go from the button with both Kaya (small blind) and Con Angelakis (big blind) making the call to take action three-way to a flop of 
.
The action was checked to Pham, who fired for 65,000 with Kaya the only caller. There was no betting on the 
turn or the 
river.
Kaya showed down 
but could not beat Pham's 
and the latter pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
-139,000
|
-139,000 |
|
1,200,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
1,100,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
680,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |