Faraz Jaka opened to 85,000 from the cutoff, Paul Volpe called out of the small blind, and Talal Shakerchi defended his big blind. The flop fell , both blinds checked, and Jaka fired 110,000. Both Volpe and Shakerchi called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board.
Volpe led out for 310,000, Shakerchi quickly called, and Jaka capped his cards. He tanked for the better part of a minute, then tossed in enough orange T25,000 chips to make the call.
Shakerchi turned over for trip sevens, and Volpe flashed a before mucking. Jaka mucked face down. Shakerchi pulled in the 1.5 million-chip pot, crossing the three million-chip threshold.
Fabian Quoss opened to 80,000 from UTG/CO for the third time in a row and again Paul Volpe three-bet him, this time it was to 235,000. Talal Shakerchi and Faraz Jaka folded in the blinds and Quoss tanked for a couple of minutes before moving all in. Volpe called.
Quoss:
Volpe:
The flop gave Quoss a huge draw but the on the turn cut his outs from 14 to just eight. The came on the river giving Quoss the nut straight and he doubled up over a million while Volpe is now the short stack.
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Talal Shakerchi raised to 100,000 from the button, Faraz Jaka and Fabian Quoss both called in the blinds to see a flop. It was checked to Shakerchi who bet 165,000, Jaka called and Quoss folded.
The came on the turn and both players checked before Jaka led out for 150,000 on the river, Shakerchi instantly called.
Jaka:
Shakerchi:
It's looking hard to to stop this man at the moment.
Talal Shakerchi opened to 135,000 from the small blind, and Faraz Jaka flicked forward 110,000 from the big blind. The dealer was about to pull in the bets, and then Shakerchi pointed out that Jaka was short. Jaka quickly grabbed an extra orange T25,000 chip, and tossed it forward.
The flop came , and Shakerchi led out for 175,000. Jaka quickly called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The two checked again.
Shakerchi showed the , prompting Jaka to muck his hand, and then the dealer revealed Shakerchi's second card; the .
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, both blinds checked, and Jaka fired 110,000. Both Volpe and Shakerchi called.
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board.
for trip sevens, and Volpe flashed a 
before mucking. Jaka mucked face down. Shakerchi pulled in the 1.5 million-chip pot, crossing the three million-chip threshold.
flop gave Quoss a huge draw but the 
on the turn cut his outs from 14 to just eight. The 
came on the river giving Quoss the nut straight and he doubled up over a million while Volpe is now the short stack.
, and Volpe was eliminated in fourth place.
came on the turn and both players checked before Jaka led out for 150,000 on the 
river, Shakerchi instantly called.
river and Quoss called but mucked when Jaka showed 
completed the board. The two checked again.
