Gatis Reigass Doubles With a Full House
While many of the players with short-stacks have been filing out in masses from the tournament field, some others are standing pat or accumulating chips.
Latvia's Gatis Reigass shared with PokerNews before Day 2 began that he late registered the tournament today because he couldn't make it up in time for the event yesterday. Reigass, who is primarily a recreational player, is often at the bigger events in the Baltics playing cash games.
So far so good for the Latvian in the early-goings in Day 2. He just got in a hand with another player with a short-stack Andres Abakanov.
Abakanov started the day with with a tiny stack but before the hand began he had around 50,000 in chips. Reigass opened up from mid-position and Abakanov defended from the blinds.
Reigass fired out a continuation-bet of 2,700 after the action was checked to him on the 
and got a call from his opponent. Abakanov checked again after the 
appeared on the turn. Reigass then fired a second bullet for 3,100 and called a small check-raise of his opponent to 6,200.
The 
completed the board on the river and Abakanov tried to show strength with a bet of 11,000. Reigass snap-called and Abakanov knew he was in trouble after turning over 
. Reigass then quickly turned over 
for a full house and his stack soared to 65,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
23,000
16,900
|
16,900 |