Heads-up action on the 8♥10♥3♣2♦6♠ board saw Allen Kessler lead out for 5,000 from under the gun. Kessler was then facing an all in raise to 11,900, taking some time before making the call.
Kessler tabled A♠7♦5♣4♠3♦ for a straight and the nut low, taking three-quarters of the pot when after being shown A♥9♣8♦4♥4♦ for a split of the low pot.
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Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Action was picked up when Sammy Farha put in a four-bet to 10,700 in the hijack. A player in the small blind then put in a five-bet to 42,000, only leaving 3,700 chips behind. Farha then put in the six-bet to put the player all in, and he made the call.
Small Blind: A♣Q♠10♠4♠3♣ 
Sammy Farha: A♠A♦8♣5♠4♣
Farha was ahead with his pair of aces and when the board ran out J♥10♣J♠7♠3♥ it was Farhas's aces still best, eliminating a player and now sitting with a huge stack.
John Cernuto called a middle position open to 800, with both blinds coming along to see the 6♠8♠8♥ flop.
Action checked through to the 2♣ turn, where Paul Sokoloff led out from the small blind with a bet of 3,000. Cernuto was the only caller to the 6♥ river.
A bet and call followed before both players turned up their hands. Sokoloff tabled A♣J♣J♦5♣3♥ for the nut low, while Cernuto showed A♦K♣4♣2♠2♥ for a full house to claim the high and chop the pot.
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