Gautam Sabharwal opened to 48,000 from early positon, Vicky Coren three-bet shoved for 189,000 from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Sabharwal, who called.
Sabharwal:
Coren:
Sabharwal took the lead when the flop came , but the spiked on the turn, giving Coren the lead once again. A second ace - the - completed the board, and Coren doubled.
During the runout, there were fans of Sabharwal and Sfez cheering against Coren. Coren gave them a piece of her mind after the hand, telling them if they wanted to root against her, then not to do so right in her ear.
Faraz Jaka raised to 55,000 preflop and was called by Gautam Sabharwal and Talal Shakerchi. The three saw a flop and it was checked to Jaka who bet 70,000, Sabharwal made the call and Shakerchi folded.
The came on the turn and Jaka checked, Sabharwal bet 130,000 but Jaka check-raised to 275,000, Sabharwal moved all in in response and Jaka instantly folded.
Paul Volpe min-raised from early position, and Fabian Quoss called out of the blinds. The flop fell , both players checked, an the turn brought the . The two checked again.
The completed the board, and Quoss led out for 55,000. Volpe raised to 155,000, and Quoss made a crying call. Volpe ripped over for a pair of kings, and won the pot.
Talal Shakerchi raised 50,000 from the cutoff and Fabian Quoss made the call in the big blind to see a flop.
Quoss checked and Shakerchi bet 55,000 before the German check-raised to 135,000 with 370,000 behind. Shakerchi took a moment then moved all and Quoss snap-called.
Shakerchi:
Quoss:
Shakerchi had been caught but he still had a backdoor flush draw but predictably it didn't come on the turn or river.
This was the second to last hand before the break...counts to come.
On the last hand of the level, Gautam Sabharwal had raised to 56,000 and everyone folded to the big blind Eric Sfez who made the call while all the other players left for their break.
The flop was and Sfez checked while Sabharwal bet 100,000. Sfez check-raised all in and Sabharwal quickly called.
Sfez:
Sabharwal:
The turn gave Sfez extra outs but the river damned the Frenchman to the rail.
JC Alvarado is quite prepared not to take the 'accepted' standard line in some hands. He just limp-called from UTG against a 105,000 raise from Faraz Jaka.
The two proceeded to check the board down, Jaka showing but Alvarado won with . The two are almost equal in chips.
Paul Volpe opened to 60,000 from under the gun, and Talal Shakerchi called in the cutoff. The dealer fanned , and both players checked.
The turn was the , Volpe led out for 82,000, and Shakerchi made the call.
The completed the board, and Volpe tapped the table. Shakerchi took the opportunity to fired 135,000, and Volpe tank-called. Shakerchi showed for a rivered pair of jacks, and Volpe unhappily mucked his hand.
, but the 
spiked on the turn, giving Coren the lead once again. A second ace - the 
- completed the board, and Coren doubled.
flop and it was checked to Jaka who bet 70,000, Sabharwal made the call and Shakerchi folded.
came on the turn and Jaka checked, Sabharwal bet 130,000 but Jaka check-raised to 275,000, Sabharwal moved all in in response and Jaka instantly folded.
, both players checked, an the turn brought the 
. The two checked again.
flop.
river.
board down, Jaka showing 
, and both players checked.
, Volpe led out for 82,000, and Shakerchi made the call.
completed the board, and Volpe tapped the table. Shakerchi took the opportunity to fired 135,000, and Volpe tank-called. Shakerchi showed 
