Asi Moshe raised to 45,000 from the hijack and was called by Jeremy Wien in the small blind and John Amato in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.
Wien led out for 160,000 and Amato quickly mucked his hand. Moshe stuck around to see the on the river and Wien checked this time. Moshe pushed forward a bet of 975,000, over two times the pot. Wien stood up and walked around his seat, taking deep breaths for over three minutes. He was thinking to himself out loud and eventually tossed in a chip to call. Moshe flipped over and Wien tabled for two pair.
Eric Blair raised it up to 45,000 from under the gun and Peter Neff three-bet to 125,000 directly to his left. The action folded back to Blair who jammed all in for 568,000 and Neff quickly called. Blair tabled against Neff's .
The flop came and Blair had a lock on the hand. The on the turn meant Neff was drawing dead to the on the river.
In the next hand, David Laka opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and Shawn Buchanan reraised to 150,000 on the button. Laka didn't take long before moving all in for 414,000 and Buchanan called.
It was a flip with Laka holding against Buchanan's . The flop came and Laka took the lead with a pair of jacks. The on the turn and the on the river only improved Laka's hand as he earned himself a double-up.
What started as an innocent pot turned into about a 10-minute hand. David Peters completed from the small blind and Asi Moshe checked his options.
Moshe then bet on every street and Peters check-called 30,000 on the flop and another bet of about 60,000 on the turn.
The completed the board and Peters let Moshe fire one more time. Moshe made it 200,000 and Peters spent between two and three minutes before acting.
He counted his stack and eventually announced a raise to 499,000, leaving himself just 1,000 behind.
Then it was Moshe who switched to the tank-mode, thinking about the hand for over three minutes.
"Sorry guys. You can call time if you need to," Moshe apologized.
Then he took another 30 seconds or so and finally released his hand. "My friends are going to be pissed at me for folding this against you," Moshe said.
Peters, as always, remained stoic and sent his cards face down to the dealer. Then he quietly stacked his newly earned chips.
Chris Bolek was living on the short stack for a little while and finally found a spot to get the last of his 178,000 chips in the middle. Unfortunately for him, he was called by Jeremy Wien in the big blind who was in a dominating position.
Jeremy Wien:
Chris Bolek:
The flop came which gave Bolek some chop outs, but the on the turn and the on the river were of no help. The Day 2 chipleader was eliminated in 14th place, taking home $21,655.
Simultaneously with Blair's double, Kenneth Smaron was at risk on the other table. He ran with into of Asi Moshe and the board stayed with the initial odds, leaving the underdog second. Moshe's ace-king held and Smaron walked away in 15th place after crushing the tournament on Day 2 yesterday.
Michael Gagliano raised to 45,000 in the cutoff and Eric Blair moved all-in from the big blind.
"Count, please," Gagliano immediately declared his interest. The dealer confirmed that it was 320,000 and Gagliano called the 16-blind shove.
Eric Blair:
Michael Gagliano:
Essentially in a coin toss, Blair's eight remained the winner as the didn't improve Gagliano's hand. Blair is now playing over 30 big blinds while Gagliano dropped below that mark.