Steve Sarrafzadeh raised 60K and Keith Block moved all in for 314K. Sarrafzadeh called.
Block:
Sarrafzadeh:
The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Block doubled up and increased his stack to 750K. He regained the lead as Sarrafzadeh flipped to 530K.
Steve Sarrafzadeh limped from the small blind and Block raised 30K. Steve Sarrafzadeh called. The flop was . Block bet 60K and Steve Sarrafzadeh called. The turn was the . Block checked. Steve Sarrafzadeh bet 140K and Block called. The turn was the . Block checked and Steve Sarrafzadeh moved all in for 210K. Block folded as Steve Sarrafzadeh showed .
"Not in my tournament," he said. "That was my one move of the day."
Block responded with, "Nice hand."
The stacks are close to even. Steve Sarrafzadeh increased his stack to 670K while Block lost the lead and slipped to 610K.
The Muchnik and Davis match up has gone rather slow. Both players have been playing conservative and not committing much of their stack to pots. Very few hands have gone to a show down during the first three levels of play.
There was finally a show down on one of the first hands after the break. Muchnik limped from the small blind and Davis checked his big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Davis bet 25K and Muchnik called. The river was the . Davis bet 50K and Muchnik called.
Davis:
Muchnik:
Muchnik took down the pot with trips.
Davis lost the next hand as his stack slipped to 400K. Muchnik increased his stack to 880K.