Strzemp and Schwartz in the blinds limp/check their way to a flop, on which Strzemp bets 400,000. Schwartz calls.
The turn is the and they both check, and again they both check the river, Schwartz hesitating over it for some time. Strzemp turns over and Schwartz mucks, prompting cheering from the crowd at the rail which is largely made up of Strzemp's friends currently.
Blind on blind, Schwartz makes it 230,000 and Young calls.
They both check the flop, and Schwartz checks the turn to Young, who bets 350,000. Schwartz calls, although he looks like he doesn't really want to.
Again Schwartz checks the river, and Young bets 500,000. Schwartz considered it for some time, before saying to Young, "I don't know why, but I put you on a K-Q." He folds anyway. He wasn't far off, though -- Young shows J-Q, and takes the pot.
John Strzemp is seemingly unstoppable at the moment. Whilst we were reporting his double through, he added another couple of hundred thousand to his stack with a turned straight against Jason Young.
Then, a few hands later, Mike Schwartz limped on the button, Young made up the blind and Strzemp checked providing us with a rare three-way pot.
Both checked the flop only for Schwartz to bet 120,000 on the turn once his two foes had checked. Young folded, but Strzemp called.
Strzemp checked the on the river, Schwartz bet 150,000 and Strzemp called.
"Good call!" exclaim certain segments of the crowd as Strzemp revealed a triumphant . Schwartz tapped the table and mucked.
Strzemp raises to 180,000 on the button, and small blind Schwartz calls. Schwartz checks the flop, and Strzemp tries to bet 350,000. He very slowly counts out 200,000. Jason Young protests this, and the dealer counts the chips out, mistaking the ten-high stacks of 5,000 chips for things equaling 100,000 in value. Young protests again, and a conglomerate of Strzemp, Schwartz and the dealer keep counting and recounting until everyone is satisfied. "I can't do math any more, I'm so tired," sighs Strzemp.
After all this though, Schwartz folds, showing the .
Jason Young raises to 200,000 from the button and John Strzemp calls in the small blind. Strzemp checks the flop, and folds to Young's 200,000 bet. Young makes a face as he shows pocket sixes for a set.