After a few raise-and-take it hands, a big pot would evolve between Kenny King and Jesus Gracia. King raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and called the three-bet of the Spaniard to 350,000. on a flop of ??, Gracia check-raised all in for 560,000 and King called after having invested a bet of 325,000.
King: ?
Gracia: ?
Neither the turn nor the river changed the outcome and suddenly King was the short stack after losing against pocket kings.
Kenny King moved all in for 640,000 from the button and was eventually called by Jesus Gracia in the big blind. The Spaniard held ? and needed some help if he wanted to score the knockout, as King flipped over the superior ?. The board ran out ???? to provide a double up, not without additional sweat though.
Laurence Gracia raised to 150,000 and Jesus Gracia called before both folded to the shove of Christopher Gordon. The latter would also shove the next hand into the big blind of Kenny King as well to enforce another fold.
Suddenly Jesus Gracia is getting by far more active. Laurence Gracia raised from the small blind and the Spaniard called to see the ?? flop. Essa continued for 150,000 and then folded to the 350,000-raise of Gracia.
In a battle of the blinds, Kenny King checked through until the ???? river. Laurence Essa bet 150,000 and King folded after some consideration to get shown the ?.
Jesus Gracia had checked from the big blind after a flop of ?? and Kenny King made a bet of 125,000 from the button. Gracia gave it some thought, cut out his stack carefully and then moved all in for 515,000 in total. King took a long time before making up his mind and then made the call.
King: ?
Gracia:
The turn gave King some further outs but the river was none of them, giving his Spanish opponent a full house instead.
Joining the action on a flop of ??, Laurence Essa check-called a bet of 100,000 by Jesus Gracia in the very last hand of the level and the turn was checked by the chip leader. Gracia bet 100,000 and collected the pot a few seconds later.