Polychronopoulos Prevails Over Chronological Peril
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Athanasios Polychronopoulos is known on the circuit for his long last name, as well as for his WSOP bracelet win in a 2011 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, and tonight he is moving closer to a second win here at poker's premier series.
After Polychronopoulos limped in, a player in the hijack raised the action to 29,500, and the young pro decided on a three-bet to 75,500. This move must have rattled is young opponent, because he had trouble counting out the appropriate chips for a call, first placing an insufficient amount in the pot, then throwing to many orange T5000 tournament chips towards the dealer.
Nonetheless, the call was made and the two players took a flop of 
. That's when the hand appeared to enter some sort of time warp, because although the action was checked through the turn (
), more than seven minutes passed while both players stared at each other, the board, their stacks, and perhaps even Amnon Filippi's spiffy iPad stand across the table.
When the 
finally arrived on the river, another long pause preceded Polychronopoulos' next move, which happened to be an all-in shove. This time, his opponent didn't need any time to think things through, and his cards went sailing towards the muck.