Pekarek's Lead Trimmed
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Jeremy Pekarek opened to 35,000 and Daniel Rezaei called. Pekarek check-called 35,000 on the 
flop and a further 153,000 from Rezaei on the 
turn.
The river was the 
and Pekarek checked once again. Rezaei moved all in for 428,000 and Pekarek went into the tank, flicking out a time extension.
"Guess you could have eights full?" he said. "God, I want to bust you so bad. So fucking bad..."
Eventually, he folded, with Rezaei mucking his cards.
"You would show if you bluffed me," said Pekarek, who headed away from the tournament area on a short walk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,150,000 | -20,000 |
|
875,000 | 85,000 |
and Vousden check-called a bet of 27,000 from Grafton.
on the river. Both players knuckled the table and Vousden turned over 
. Grafton held 
and Kotelnikov doubled up to leave Perouse short.
was spread across the felt and Pekarek had a bet of 225,000 sitting in front of him. Rezaei made the call and Pekarek whipped over 
giving Jaka the lead with a pair of tens. However, the 
turn improved Pekarek to a pair and the 