Match 1: River Raise Does It for Schmejkal
Ayaz Mahmood opened with a raise to 120,000, and Ernst Schmejkal called. The flop came 
. Schmejkal checked, Mahmood bet 125,000, and Schmejkal called. The turn brought the 
, and checks from both.
The river was the 
. Schmejkal checked, and Mahmood quickly bet 335,000. Schmejkal deliberated a bit, then fired out a raise to 1.2 million. Mahmood spent little time tossing his cards away.
Schmejkal is up to about 4.4 million, and Mahmood is at 3.24 million.