Gautam Sabharwal opened to 40,000 in early position, JC Alvarado called on his direct left, and Eric Sfez called out of the small blind. The flop fell , Sfez checked, and Sabharwal continued for 90,000. Only Alvarado called. The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The two checked again, and Sabharwal showed for a straight.
Faraz Jaka opened to 40,000 on the button, Fabian Quoss called out of the small blind, and Eric Sfez called in the big blind. The dealer fanned , both blinds checked, and Jaka continued for 51,000. Only Sfez called.
The turn was the , Sfez opted to lead out for 56,000, and Jaka made the call.
Th completed the board, and Sfez led out for 126,000. Jaka raised to 345,000, essentially putting Sfez all in, and after tanking for a bit, Sfez moved all in for 100,000 more. Jaka instantly called.
Jaka tabled for the wheel, Sfez showed for the exact same hand, and the two chopped the pot.
Talal Shakerchi has been talking about the similar stare-down looks between Mike McDonald and JC Alvarado, "They have the same look, it's the 'half angry look'."
Alvarado, "I use the same look when I see a girl."
JC Alvarado limped in from early position, Fabian Quoss called on the button, Eric Sfez completed from the small blind, and with a mouthful of eggs, Volpe verbally checked from the big blind.
The flop came , and the action checked to Quoss, who tossed out 60,000. Both blinds released, and Alvarado check-raised to 150,000. Quoss tank-called.
The turn was the , both players knuckled, and the completed the board. Alvarado checked, and Quoss checked behind.
Alvarado showed for ten-high, but Quoss had that beat with for a pair of sixes.
Paul Volpe opened to 40,000 from under the gun, Faraz Jaka called on the button, and Eric Sfez defended in the big blind. The flop fell , Sfez checked, and Volpe fired 65,000. Only Jaka called.
The turn was the , and Volpe moved all in for around 300,000. Jaka quickly folded, and Volpe picked up the pot.
On an flop, Fabian Quoss check-called a 30,000 bet from JC Alvarado to see an turn. Both players now checked this and then the river, Alvarado showed - it was still good.
Faraz Jaka opened to 45,000 from early position, Gautam Sabharwal three-bet to 100,000 on the button, and both blinds released.
"Why are you picking on me?" Jaka asked as he fired in a four-bet worth 260,000.
Sabharwal didn't respond, rather he sat quietly, riffling chips with one hand. He eventually made the call, and the dealer fanned .
Jaka grabbed a tower of blue T5,000 chips, plopped four orange T25,000 chips on top, and slid forward a bet of 200,000. Sabharwal quickly folded, and Jaka picked up another pot.
Talal Shakerchi opened to 45,000 from under the gun, Vicky Coren three-bet shoved from his direct left, and the action folded back to Shakerchi, who folded as well.
JC Alvarado had limped in middle position and Dimitar Danchev moved all in behind him. Faraz Jaka then flat-called from the button and Alvarado released his hand.
Jaka:
Danchev:
The door card was an eight and the board came and the PCA Champion Danchev is the first elimination from this final table.
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, Sfez checked, and Sabharwal continued for 90,000. Only Alvarado called. The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. The two checked again, and Sabharwal showed 
for a straight.
, both blinds checked, and Jaka continued for 51,000. Only Sfez called.
, Sfez opted to lead out for 56,000, and Jaka made the call.
completed the board, and Sfez led out for 126,000. Jaka raised to 345,000, essentially putting Sfez all in, and after tanking for a bit, Sfez moved all in for 100,000 more. Jaka instantly called.
for the exact same hand, and the two chopped the pot.
, and the action checked to Quoss, who tossed out 60,000. Both blinds released, and Alvarado check-raised to 150,000. Quoss tank-called.
, both players knuckled, and the 
for ten-high, but Quoss had that beat with 
, and Volpe moved all in for around 300,000. Jaka quickly folded, and Volpe picked up the pot.
turn. Both players now checked this and then the 
- it was still good.
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and the PCA Champion Danchev is the first elimination from this final table.
