First, Parkes turned flopped top pair into a bluff in a three-bet pot when he three-barreled off on an ace-high board with king-queen, good for queens and sevens on the river when the board paired.
Three-handed with Parkes and AJ Jamil, Shvarts closed things out in a hurry. He rarely was challenged as he spent nearly the entire time leading, with only Thomas Parkes resting the top spot from him briefly. That's when he ran up a sizable chip lead heading into the final table, entering the final day of play with about 30% of the total chips. Indeed, Shvarts really got rolling on Day 2. 'I woke up feeling better and it just went my way from there,' he said. The 29-year-old admitted the illness stemmed from a drinking bender that had bled right into the tournament, and when he returned to bag up his chips, he knew he had to get some rest and get right for Day 2. Shvarts managed to finish off the hand - he turned a boat and rivered quads so winning the pot was never going to be an issue - and bust his opponent, and he stepped away from the tournament for a bit to try to shake it off. Although he had a pile of chips, Shvarts got caught up in a hand and realized in the middle of it he was not OK, asking the tournament director if he could get an EMT on the horn. Shvarts' dominance wasn't looking so certain back on Day 1.
