On the last hand of the level, Gautam Sabharwal had raised to 56,000 and everyone folded to the big blind Eric Sfez who made the call while all the other players left for their break.
The flop was and Sfez checked while Sabharwal bet 100,000. Sfez check-raised all in and Sabharwal quickly called.
Sfez:
Sabharwal:
The turn gave Sfez extra outs but the river damned the Frenchman to the rail.
Talal Shakerchi raised 50,000 from the cutoff and Fabian Quoss made the call in the big blind to see a flop.
Quoss checked and Shakerchi bet 55,000 before the German check-raised to 135,000 with 370,000 behind. Shakerchi took a moment then moved all and Quoss snap-called.
Shakerchi:
Quoss:
Shakerchi had been caught but he still had a backdoor flush draw but predictably it didn't come on the turn or river.
This was the second to last hand before the break...counts to come.
Paul Volpe min-raised from early position, and Fabian Quoss called out of the blinds. The flop fell , both players checked, an the turn brought the . The two checked again.
The completed the board, and Quoss led out for 55,000. Volpe raised to 155,000, and Quoss made a crying call. Volpe ripped over for a pair of kings, and won the pot.
Faraz Jaka raised to 55,000 preflop and was called by Gautam Sabharwal and Talal Shakerchi. The three saw a flop and it was checked to Jaka who bet 70,000, Sabharwal made the call and Shakerchi folded.
The came on the turn and Jaka checked, Sabharwal bet 130,000 but Jaka check-raised to 275,000, Sabharwal moved all in in response and Jaka instantly folded.
Gautam Sabharwal opened to 48,000 from early positon, Vicky Coren three-bet shoved for 189,000 from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Sabharwal, who called.
Sabharwal:
Coren:
Sabharwal took the lead when the flop came , but the spiked on the turn, giving Coren the lead once again. A second ace - the - completed the board, and Coren doubled.
During the runout, there were fans of Sabharwal and Sfez cheering against Coren. Coren gave them a piece of her mind after the hand, telling them if they wanted to root against her, then not to do so right in her ear.
JC Alvarado limped for 24,000 in late position and Talal Shakerchi made it 59,000 behind him. The blinds folded and Alvarado rechecked his stack before moving all in.
"How much?" said Shakerchi. When he found out it was more than 500,000, Shakerchi lost interest and gave up his hand.
Faraz Jaka raised to 54,000 preflop and was called by Fabian Quoss and JC Alvarado.
The flop came and it was checked to Jaka who bet 79,000. Quoss made the call and Alvarado folded. Both players checked the turn and river, Jaka showing to win the pot.
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