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A blind battle between Topi Palenius and Nick Blackburn brewed a pot of 6,400 in the middle on flop 6♦ 5♠ A♦ .

Palenius check called a 6,000 bet from Blackburn, and got a free pass on turn 8♥ . On river 3♦ , Palenius checked a third time around and snap called Blackburn's final bet of 13,000.

Blackburn showed bluff Q♥ J♠ , leaving Palenius to pick up the pot with two pair A♣ 8♣ .

A pot of 12,300 was situated in the middle of a turn board 2♣ 8♦ 4♥ 9♥ . Nick Blackburn on the big blind, checked to Akshaya Kothari, who bet 6,500. Blackburn responded with an all-in for 20,500 more and shipped the pot unchallenged for his timely aggression.

Following two previous losses, Antonio Abesamis opened once more on the cutoff for 300, and was called by Nick Blackburn on the button along with the big blind.

Action on flop 5♦ 3♠ K♠ was checked to Blackburn, who bet 1,000. Abesamis put in the call, but shortly decided to give it up on turn K♣ after Blackburn pulled another 3,000. Blackburn showed trip kings K♦ as he raked in the pot.