Koon and Steinberg Match Begins

Seed	Player	Country	Chips
8.	Max Steinberg	USA	1,399,500
12.	Jason Koon	USA	1,249,000

Steinberg has jumped out to an early lead in the match. With the blinds at 4,000/8,000/1,000 he opened to 17,000 on the button and Koon called. The two checked a flop of , and the turned. Koon check-called a bet of 23,000, the river was the , and Koon checked a third time. Steinberg fired out 55,000, Koon called, and Steinberg raked in the pot with .

A few hands later, they took a flop of . Steinberg led out for 65,000, Koon called, and both players checked on the turn () and river (). Steinberg showed , and won the pot.