Jesus Gracia defended his big blind against a raise from Jeraint Hazan and check-called a continuation bet of 75,000 on the ?? flop. On the turn, Hazan fired another 150,000 and received yet another check-call before both players then checked the river.
"Two pair," Hazan announced and flipped over the ? even though he would not have had to as Gracia was the first after the button. The Spaniard scooped the pot with ?.
Karl Roberts open-shoved from under the gun and scooped the blinds and antes. It is somewhat of a surprise that there hasn't been an all in showdown for almost 10 minutes now! The first break of the day approaches quickly.
Darren Mapley raised to 62,000 from under the gun and Kenny King made a big three-bet to 252,000. Everyone else got out of the way and King scooped the pot. It was in fact finally less of the thrilling action of the past two levels with all in situations after almost every heart beat.
Shortly after the bustout of Jamal Gormati on table three, it was Christopher Yong who open-shoved for 170,000 out of the small blind. Lucio Pacifico tanked for a fair bit and then eventually made the call with ?. Yong only had the ? and was drawing dead after the turn of a ???.
Kenny King opened the action with a raise and called the shove of Jamal Gormati for what appeared to be around 200,000 in total with ?. Gormati held ? and couldn't get there on a board of ????.
Shortly after being left on the short stack, Matas Cimbolas moved all in and was called by Lucio Pacifico on the button. The Lithuanian had a coin flip with ? against ? but wouldn't be able to pull off a comeback on a board of ????. It was yet another deep run for the WPT Nottingham champion though and he confirmed the splendid form as of lately.
After a raise to 75,000, Jeraint Hazan moved all in for 709,000 from the cutoff and Matas Cimbolas moved all in over the top to scare off the initial preflop aggressor. Hazan turned over the ? and Cimbolas had two over cards with ?. The ?? flop provided plenty of fireworks for both players and Hazan locked up the huge double with the on the turn. The river didn't matter anymore, vaulting Hazan out of his chair.
"A million for JJ" he yelled, letting the whole poker room know.
Lucio Pacifico raised from early position and called the shove of Christopher Gordon for another 197,000 on top with ?. Gordon was ahead with his ? but would fall to a runner runner straight on the ???? board.
Rahim Tadj-Saadat opend the action with a raise to 55,000 and Chan Ha moved all in for 475,000 from the button. It was no snap-call but Tajd-Saadat did make the call with the superior stack.
Ha: ?
Tadj-Saadat: ?
The big stack would immediately improve on a flop of ???and held up with the turn and river as last two community cards.
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flop. On the 
turn, Hazan fired another 150,000 and received yet another check-call before both players then checked the 
river.
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even though he would not have had to as Gracia was the first after the button. The Spaniard scooped the pot with 
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. Yong only had the 
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and was drawing dead after the turn of a 
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and couldn't get there on a board of 
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against 
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flop provided plenty of fireworks for both players and Hazan locked up the huge double with the 
on the turn. The 
river didn't matter anymore, vaulting Hazan out of his chair.
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turn and 
