Jason Gray and John Tabatabai were discussing a hand where Gray was thinking about moving all in when Tabatabai had the hand locked up. Looking over at the visibly tired blogger Tabatabai stated, “Aarghh why didn’t you send the vibe to Jason to move all in . . . then we could have been out of here!”
This blogger responded with, “Maybe I’m on Jason’s side.” As Gray laughed, Tabatabai responded, “If you cheer for me to win, I’ll take you out to dinner."
“Where though?” questioned Gray. “I’ll take him to any place he wants . . . something nice, and then a club later with pretty girls.”
“So, not Maccas I guess,” said Gray. “Hey! I don’t do things half a**ed."
As they continued their battle, this blogger toyed with the idea of choosing a side in this heads-up battle as the tournament ticked into its eleventh hour.
John Tabatabai opened to 500 and Jason Gray made the call. Gray then led out for 300 on a flop of . Tabatabai reraised to 1,100, Gray moved all in, and Tabatabai made the call.
Tabatabai:
Gray:
The turn and river fell the and to give Gray the double to around 15,000 in chips.
John Tabatabai and Jason Gray are straight back into it. They cut the chips down and the cards were back in the air before a word could be said between them.
John Tabatabai min-raised on the button to 800 and Jason Gray immediately shipped it all in for around 6,500. Tabatabai called.
Tabatabai:
Gray:
Tabatabai pleaded, "Just win a race won time," as the flop of fell down. Gray responded with, "And you did." Not to be out done, the landed on the turn. But just before the game was back to even, the fell on the river and sent Tabatabai one up in this round four match.
John Tabatabai has surged to a better than three-to-one chip lead.
In the first hand, he led the aggression to the turn, where Jason Gray folded his on a board that read .
The next hand, Tabatabai opened to 700 and Gray re-popped to 1,400, with Tabatabai making the call. The flop fell and Gray checked to Tabatabai, who moved all in to force a fold from Gray.