The third 20-minute break just began. There will be two more levels of play before Day 3 is in the books. There will be one last break for 30 minutes after the next blind level is completed.
Last break Sarah Herring spoke to Felipe Ramos about winning The Most Inspirational Player Award from PokerListings.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Sam Cohen opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Pedro Lamarca called in the small blind to see a flop of 
. Lamarca checked, Cohen continued for 32,000 and then snap-called the shove of Lamarca to put herself at risk for 144,000.
Sam Cohen: 
Pedro Lamarca: 
The 
turn and 
river failed to improve Lamarca's hand, and even gave Cohen a full house to double up.
On the heads-up flop of 
, Sergei Petrushevskii checked in the small blind and Ramin Hajiyev bet 24,000. Petrushevskii check-raised to 51,000 and was called before the 
turn went check, check.
On the river, Petrushevskii checked and Hajiyev bet 87,000. His opponent quickly tossed in a single chip for the call and Hajiyev turned over his 
, which Petrushevskii had beat holding 
.
Stoyan Obreshkov opened for 23,000 from early position and got a call from Ludovic Lacay from the big blind. Obreshkov bet 18,000 after Lacay checked on the 
flop.
Lacay called and then led out for 56,000 when the 
appeared on the turn. Obreshkov called and the 
completed the board on the river.
Lacay tanked for a minute before checking. Obreshkov thought for a minute or two before firing out for 160,000. Lacay tanked for several minutes before making the call. Obreshkov turned over 
and Lacay lightly tapped the table before he tossed his cards into the muck.
Obreshkov became the second player of the tournament to pass the 1 million chip count with 1,110,000 while Lacay's chip stack took a hit and was down to 350,000.
Vojtech Horut bet 30,000 from the small blind on a board of 
, and Josip Vidovic called in the big blind. Horut shoved all in on the river, and Vidovic thought a couple of minutes before flicking a chip in to call.
Horut showed 
for a backdoor flush, and Vidovic had 
.
Fabrice Soulier hasn't managed to build up a big stack this tournament, but he just keeps surviving. His latest double came courtesy of 
for 154,000 in a preflop all in. Soulier's opponent, Arne Kern, couldn't beat the aces after 
hit the felt, but his cards were already in the muck when we arrived at the table.
From under the gun, Sergei Petrushevskii opened to 20,000 and Nino Ullmann moved all in for 97,000. The rest of the table folded and Petrushevskii quickly called, both players tabled pocket pairs and Ullmann was in need of help.
Nino Ullmann: 
Sergei Petrushevskii: 
The board came 
and that was it for Ullmann, while Petrushevskii continues to send opponents to the rail from this very table.
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