Hand 14: The action folded to Artur Koren in the small blind who called with and Kevin Killeen checked with . The flop brought out and Koren bet 55,000, Killeen called. The turn was the and Koren checked to Killeen who paused for a bit before betting 85,000. Koren folded and Killeen picked up the pot.
Hand 15: Kevin MacPhee raised in the cutoff to 85,000 with and Artur Koren looked down on from the button. Koren three-bet to 185,000 and Kevin Killeen woke up with in the small blind. Killeen four-bet to 425,000 and Pablo Gordillo folded from the big blind right away. Both MacPhee and Koren folded and Killeen picked up the pot.
Hand #16: Kevin MacPhee raised to 85,000 from the hijack with and Artur Koren three-bet to 185,000 with from the cutoff. Kevin Killeen looked down on on the button and he went into the tank for quite a bit before making the call. Both blinds folded and the action was back on MacPhee who called as well.
The flop brought out and MacPhee checked to Koren who bet 230,000. Killeen tanked for a few minutes before letting go of his hand and MacPhee did so as well right away. This was the last hand before the break.
Hand #17: Action folded to Sebastian Pauli who raised to 125,000 from the small blind with . Jakub Mroczek folded his big blind and Pauli took the pot.
Hand #18: Jake Cody made it 110,000 from under the gun with . Action folded to Sebastion Pauli on the button who looked down at . Pauli cut out a three-bet to 260,000, allowing the action fold back to Cody.
Cody wasted little time four-betting all in, prompting a quick fold from Pauli.
Hand #19: Jakub Mroczek limped his button with , [Removed:119] completed from the small blind with , and Jake Cody checked his big blind with .
The flop fell and action checked to Cody. He let out with a bet and quickly saw two folds.
Hand #20: Kevin Killeen raised under the gun plus one to 105,000 with and Kevin MacPhee called in the big blind with . The flop brought out and MacPhee checked to Killeen who bet 130,000. MacPhee folded and Killeen took down this pot.
Hand #21: Kevin MacPhee limped from the small blind and Artur Koren raised to 125,000 from the big blind and he picked up the pot.
Hand #22: [Removed:119] raised all in from the hijack for 520,000 with and he won the pot.
Hand #23: The action folded to Kevin Killeen in the small blind and he raised to 130,000 with . Pablo Gordillo looked down on and moved all in for 1,060,000 and Killeen folded right away.
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Hand #24: Artur Koren opened to 100,000 with from the cutoff. Action folded to Sebastian Pauli in the big blind and he looked down at , coming along for the ride. The flop fell and both players checked, allowing the to fall on fourth street. Pauli checked the turn and Koren dropped out 100,000. Pauli called.
The river was the and Pauli checked for a third time. Koren checked it back and Pauli was awarded the pot.
Hand #25: Kevin MacPhee raised to 110,000 with and was awarded the blinds and antes.
Hand #26: Pauli made it 100,000 to go from the button and Jonathan Besadoun moved all in over the top from the big blind for 615,000. Pauli instantly called and the hands were turned over.
Bensadoun:
Pauli:
The board ran out and Bensadoun scored the doubled to 1.3 million.