On a board of 
, Jose Montes bet 86,000 from the big blind and got a call from Scott Tarbuck in the cutoff. Montes checked and folded quickly to a bet from Tarbuck on the 
river, which looked like it may have bee an all-in wager.
Tarbuck is among the leaders as players head to a 60-minute dinner break.
Chip Counts
Scott Tarbuck, 1,350,000
Jose Montes, 400,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Victor Ayala checked from the small blind on a board of 
and Heidi Roggenkamp bet 70,000 from early position. Ayala made it 150,000 and Roggenkamp tank-folded. Ayala flashed the before mucking.
Chip counts: Ayala 950,000; Roggenkamp 800,000
Jose Montes shoved over a raise with 
only to have a short-stacked player behind him wake up with 
. Luckily for Montes, he hit trip aces and busted his opponent, collecting his 170,000 or so plus the dead money in the pot.
Montes has about 800,000 now.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Praveen Lokam was in the big blind and check-called 60,000 from Victor Ayala on a 
board. Lokam checked the 
and tank-called 100,000 more on the river.
Ayala knuckled the table and Lokam showed 
for ace-high. Much to Ayala's surprise, his 
was a winner.
A player shoved all in from middle position, and Jeff Sluzinski shoved in the cutoff for a less, 175,000. The remaining players folded.
Sluzinski: 
Opponent:
Sluzinski was in great shape to double, and a 
flop left him only worried about running diamonds. The 
turn ended even those chances.
Jewook Oh and Tony Lazar got in a raising war that resulted in Oh being all in on a board of 
with for a boat. Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead as Lazar held 
for queens full.
Lazar is hot early this summer, coming off a fifth-place finish at the World Series of Poker in the $1,500 8-Game event.
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