After the player on the button had raised, WSOP bracelet winner Pascal Lefrancois three-bet to 4,000 from the small blind. His opponent pushed back with a four-bet to 9,000, Lefrancois just called, and the flop came down .
Lefrancois proceeded to check-call a bet of 7,300 and then both players checked the turn. Lefrancois checked once again on the river, and his opponent checked behind.
Lefrancois tabled the for a straight, and it was good as his opponent mucked.
Action folded to 2009 World Series of Poker champ Joe Cada in the cutoff and he raised to 1,000, which John Theofilopoulos called from the button.
Both blinds folded and it was heads-up action to the flop, which came down . Both players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and Cada check-called a bet of 1,600.
When the paired the board on the river, Cada opted to lead out for 3,900 and it did the trick as Theofilopoulos laid down his hand.
A player in the small blind bet about 8,300 on a completed board of . Online wunderkind Fabrizio Gonzalez mulled things over from under the gun and decided to just call with , with the trips easily good against .
Gonzalez is currently the top-ranked player on PocketFives and has cashed for nearly $4.8 million in his online poker career.
In the second-to-last hand before being sent on their second break of the day, Sam Chartier and Pavel Veksler squared off against each other.
We picked up the action with around 7,000 in the pot and a board reading when Veksler bet 5,600 from early position and Chartier called from middle position.
When the completed the board on the river, Veksler tanked for nearly two minutes before checking. Chartier checked behind.
Veksler showed the for a missed flush draw, and Chartier rolled over the for a missed flush draw of his own. However, the river four paired Chartier and he was pushed the pot.
As we picked up the action on a flop, Jake Schwartz got his last 11,950 all in against Michael Chiappetta.
Chiappetta:
Schwartz:
Schwartz didn't seem to like the turn, which paired the board and gave Chiappetta plenty of outs, but he didn't need to worry as the safely peeled off on the river.
Faraz Jaka lost a good chunk of his stack early on and is clawing his way back.
There was about 2,300 in the pot, on a board reading . Jaka led out for 1,000 from the big blind. His opponent in middle position raised to 2,200.
Action was back on Jaka who thought about it for a moment and moved his 3,125 chip stack in the middle. His opponent asked, "Is that all in?" and laughed as he looked to see how much more it was for him to call. "I didn't see he had that little left", he said as he tossed in the remaining chips needed to call.
Jaka tabled for third pair, while his opponent showed for queen-high.
Jaka's pair of sevens held as the fell on the river, giving him the double up he needed to stay alive.
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turn. Lefrancois checked once again on the 
river, and his opponent checked behind.
for a straight, and it was good as his opponent mucked.
. Both players checked, the dealer burned and turned the 
, and Cada check-called a bet of 1,600.
paired the board on the river, Cada opted to lead out for 3,900 and it did the trick as Theofilopoulos laid down his hand.
. Online wunderkind Fabrizio Gonzalez mulled things over from under the gun and decided to just call with 
, with the trips easily good against 
for a missed flush draw of his own. However, the river four paired Chartier and he was pushed the pot.
flop, Jake Schwartz got his last 11,950 all in against Michael Chiappetta.
turn, which paired the board and gave Chiappetta plenty of outs, but he didn't need to worry as the 
safely peeled off on the river.
. Jaka led out for 1,000 from the big blind. His opponent in middle position raised to 2,200. 
