Match 1: Schmejkal Pushes Mahmood Out, Takes Lead
Ayaz Mahmood took a look at his cards and was encouraged by what he saw to raise to 90,000 from the button. Ernst Schmejkal then checked his, and liked his well enough to reraise to 255,000. Mahmood made the call.
The flop came 
. Schmejkal bet 235,000, then Mahmood raised to 710,000 total. Schmjekal was undeterred, and pushed it up to 1,075,000.
Mahmood thought for about a minute, then let the hand go. Schmejkal takes the advantage with that one, moving up to 4.39 million to Mahmood's 3.29 million.