After her opponent shoved all-in over her raise, Samantha Cohen went into the tank and thought things over. Eventually, she asked the dealer to call the clock on herself and after a few seconds of counting she folded her .
Her opponent seemed surprised by this move and decided to needle Cohen a bit, showing his while collecting the pot. Cohen responded to this jab by stating "it's fine, I still have more than twice as many chips as you" while making sure that PokerNews.com knew what had just gone down.
Eric Mizrachi has been nursing a short stack throughout the latter stages of Day 2, but after his latest double up he can breathe a little easier. After a player in middle position raised before the flop, Mizrachi pushed all-in for 32,000 more and was called by the initial bettor, who tabled the .
The held by Mizrachi needed help to improve and that help arrived in the form of a flop. A on the turn provided his opponent four additional outs in the form of a gutshot straight draw, but a on the river was a blank and Mizrachi had doubled up. He now sits with just under 72,000 chips.
A player in early position open-raised for 7,000 and ran into an all-in raise for 32,000. Hunter Frey re-raised all-in for over 300,000 and the original raiser folded.
Frey:
Opponent:
Frey had a small sweat when the flop came a for a potential gut-shot, but the turn and river bricked, shipping Frey the pot. Frey is now up to 355,000.
Valerie Cross raised to 8,000 from early position and was met with an all-in raise to 30,000 from the cutoff. Cross asked for a count and then slid out a call.
Cross:
Opponent:
The board wasn't looking too promising for Cross, but a hit the river, pairing her hand and sending her opponent to the rail.
Cross' stack is now among the chip leaders at 325,000.
We just witnessed two hands involving Samantha Cohen and after winning each of them, she now sits among or leaders with a stack of approximately 260,000 chips.
First, Cohen raised to 7,500 from the button and faced an all-in three-bet of 23,500 by a player in the big blind. Her held up against the opponent's after the board ran out .
Just a few hands later, Cohen saw a flop of in a heads-up pot. With around 25,000 chips up for grabs both players checked the turn of and we saw a river of .
Cohen led out for a bet of 25,000 and after a minute or so of deliberation, her opponent made the crying call. Cohen tabled the for a rivered two pair and she now sits with one of the largest stacks in the tournament.