Giovanni Safina raised all in for 150,000 with the and Ian Frazer called from the small blind with the . Luke Schwartz called in the big blind with the .
The board ran out as Frazer and Schwartz checked it down. Safina tripled up with two pair, kings and eights.
Luke Schwartz moved in for 390,000 from the small blind against Giovanni Safina in the big blind. Schwartz held and Safina made the call with the .
The flop came down and Schwartz took the lead, letting out a cheerful yell of "Yeah!" so loud it was probably heard overseas. The turn was the and the river the . Safina lost the pot and was left with 180,000 chips while Schwartz doubled to 780,000.
Ian Frazer raised from the button to 110,000 with the and then Luke Schwartz moved all in for 300,000 with the . Frazer was getting great price, but felt he had three outs and folded his hand.
Luke Schwartz and Giovanni Safina were all in preflop with Safina at risk holding the to Schwartz's .
The board ran out and Schwartz missed everything. Safina doubled up, but Schwartz didn't think he deserved it.
"He doesn't deserve it," said Schwartz after the final card hit the felt. The commentators felt differently and said they felt Safina has played extremely well.
Giovanni Safin just tripled back to 240,000 after he was all in with the against Luke Schwartz with the and Ian Frazer with the . The board ran out and Safina's pair of threes earned him the pot.
Ian Frazer folded from the button and then Luke Schwartz shoved in from the small blind for 320,000 holding the . Giovanni Safina looked at the and made the call.
The flop came down and Schwartz improved to a pair of sixes and took the lead.
The turn was the and he stayed ahead. After the on the river, Schwartz gave a small fist pump and collected the chips, leaving Safina with only 80,000.
Luke Schwartz moved all in for 300,000 with the from the button and then Ian Frazer looked down at the in the big blind. Most people might call here, inlcuding Phil Laak who stated that he would've snapped with Frazer's hand and spot. But instead, Frazer folded and Schwartz couldn't believe he folded it.
Since the level went up, Ian Frazer has picked up his aggression this level and has been raising a lot of pots preflop. He seems to be sensing that the other two are waiting for some hands and adding the blinds to his stack hand after hand.