Hands #22-26: Akkari Goes into Break With Slight Lead
Hand #22: Raffaele Sorrentino completed the blind with 
. Lachezar Petkov tossed in his chips with 
to see a 
flop. Sorrentino checked and Petkov checked back. The 
hit and Petkov called a min-bet of 250,000. On the 
river, Sorrentino fired again for 475,000. Petkov fired in a raise to 1,125,000. Sorrentino found the fold button.
Hand #23: Brian Kaufman raised with 
to 525,000 in the cutoff. Petkov put in a three-bet to 1,525,000 in the small blind with 
, chasing everyone away.
Hand #24: Petkov came in firing again with a button raise to 525,000 with 
. Andre Akkari wasn't having it with 
in the small blind, reraising to 1,650,000. That slowed Petkov down and sent the pot to the PokerStars Team Pro.
Hand #25: Dealt 
in the cutoff, Petkov came in for another 525,000 raise. Sorensson flatted the small blind with 
. The 
flop prompted a bet of 950,000 from Sorensson, which won him the pot.
Hand #26: Three players saw a 
flop for the minimum. Two checks ahead of him prompted a bet of 675,000 with Sorensson, and he won holding 
. Both blinds folded bottom pair.
Players went on break for 20 minutes.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
10,925,000 | -550,000 |
|
10,550,000 | 225,000 |
|
10,475,000 | 9,312,500 |
|
10,000,000 | 1,675,000 |
|
8,425,000 | -1,675,000 |