Hands 54-58: Small Blind Battle Between the Big Stacks
Hand #54: Denys Shafikov in the cutoff with raised it to 320,000. John Juanda called from the big blind with . Juanda checked blind and the flop came . Shafikov bet out 315,000 with his second pair and Juanda folded. "Give the man his money" Juanda quoted Rounders.
Hand #55: Juanda in the small blind woke up with and made it 350,000. "Do you got any idea how much you're playing?" Jensen asked. Jensen in the big blind had and he called when he heard Juanda was playing about 8 million.
The flop came and Juanda and Jensen both checked. The on the turn gave Juanda a flush draw on top of his gut shot and live outs but again both players checked. The hit the river and Juanda checked. Jensen thought about it for a bit before checking back. Juanda showed his missed ace-jack and Jensen picked it up with his nines. "I'm glad to lose a small pot there!" Juanda said with a smile and they continued to discuss the hand which could've gone different easily.
Hand #56: Juanda with on the button raised to 320,000 and both blinds folded. Blinds and antes for Juanda.
Hand #57: Warburton with opened and Shafikov called with from the big blind. Both players checked the and the hit the turn and again both players checked. The hit the river and Shafikov bet 430,000 into the 850,000 pot. Warburton called instantly and picked up the chips after showing down the better kicker.
Hand #58: Juanda found another big hand, this time he had and he made it 320,000. Action folded and so again raise and take it for Juanda.