Foulkes Beats Bharat

Ethan Foulkes and Lall Bharat — seated next to one another at Table 2 — have been engaged in frequent battles over small-to-medium pots throughout the first level-and-a-half of play today. Just now they were at it again, with the pot building a bit larger than usual in this instance.

The hand started with a Bharat raise to 58,000 from under the gun, called by Foulkes in the big blind. The flop came , and Foulkes check-called a continuation bet by Bharat. The turn brought the and another check from Foulkes, and this time Bharat bet 80,000 and Foulkes called, building the pot to around 350,000.

The river brought the , and this time Foulkes decided to lead with a bet of 225,000. Bharat thought about a half-minute and called, then Foulkes turned over for an overpair of queens. Bharat tapped the felt and mucked his hand, complimenting Foulkes for having won that round between the two.