Hands #37-41: Sperling under Pressure
Hand #37: Stephen Graner raised to 240,000 from under the gun and Fabio Sperling three-bet to 650,000 with 
?
from the button. Graner flat-called with 
and bet the 
?
?
flop for 475,000. That would scare off Sperling and the start-of-the-day chip leader is nearing two third of the chips in play.
Hand #38: Graner received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #39: Graner raised to 315,000 from the small blind with 
?
and Sperling called with 
?
in the big blind. On the 
??
flop, Graner made a continuation bet of 300,000 and scooped yet another pot.
Hand #40: Graner raised to 240,000 with 
?
and Sperling moved all in from the small blind for 2,295,000 with ?
, shutting down all further action.
Hand #41: Sperling raised to 250,000 from the button with 
?
and Anton Bertilsson three-bet to 625,000 with ? out of the small blind. Jonathan Wong folded an ace-rag in the big blind and Sperling mucked as well.