Eddy Scharf decides to just call the big blind with . Duke calls in the small blind with and Tony G makes it 20,000 to go with from the big blind. Scharf wastes very little time in announcing "all in" and everyone else folds.
Eddy Scharf
Kravchenko lets go of from first position and it's folded to Eddy Scharf, who raises to 12,000 with from the cutoff seat.
It's then folded to Tony G in the big blind who, after some studying, calls with .
Flop:
Tony G checks. Coren and Jesse May in the commentary box debate about whether or not Scharf will bet and risk being check-raised, or take a free card and they don't think about another option -- a power play, and that's exactly what the German does.
Everyone passes to Alex Kravchenko in the small blind, who raises to 10,000 with . Phil Hellmuth in the big blind starts jumping around in his seat, obviously very suspicious now that Kravchenko has been so active, but he lets it go.