ElkY Pressures Shakerchi
After Talal Shakerchi opened for 14,000 from early position, he received three callers and it was four-way action to the 
flop. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was first to act in the small blind and checked, opening the door for Shakerchi to bet 42,000.
Noah Schwartz then raised to 93,000 from middle position, Paul Newey folded from the cutoff, and Grospellier woke up with a check-raise to 244,000. Shakerchi made a relatively quick call and Schwartz decided to get out of the way.
When the 
appeared on the turn, Grospellier slid out a bet of 444,000. Again Shakerchi wasted little time in making the call, bringing about the 
river. The Frenchman refused to slow down and came out with a hefty 777,000 bet, one that gave Shakerchi pause. The latter thought for a solid four minutes, knowing a call would cost half his remaining stack, but he ultimately laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000 | 600,000 |
|
1,650,000 | -1,125,000 |
, Paul Phua bet out 50,000 only to have Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raise to 105,000. Phua went to make the call, but he accidentally put out too many chips, which constituted a min-raise to 160,000. Miazrachi tried to take advantage by four-betting to 305,000, but Phua paid to see the 
and Robl fired 55,000. Perkins folded his hand and Robl won the pot.
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exactly? Do you speak english?"
for the same straight, and the 2 million-chip pot was chopped.
flop and Mike Sexton bet 30,000. Robert Bright called and Negreanu folded.
for a full house and Bright showed the 
, Talal Shakerchi bet 40,000 and received a call from Paul Newey. The 
saw Shakerchi bet 85,000, and Newey hit the tank. When he emerged after a minute or so, he tossed out a raise to 275,000. Shakerchi didn't take long to make his decision and released his hand.
