We picked up a heads-up pot as the dealer spread out a flop of . Action was on Ludovic Lacay in the small blind, and he led out with a bet of 8,000. His opponent considered carefully before flicking in the call.
Fourth street came the , and Lacay fired again, 14,000 this time. Another pause followed, a bit longer now, but the call came from across the table once again. The last card off was the to put an open-ended straight draw on board. Lacay grabbed his whole stack of high-denomination chips and made a big covering bet. His opponent had just less than 30,000 left, and he frowned, shook his head, and sent his cards back into the muck.
With about 32,000 chips piled in the pot, we picked up the tail end of a hand with the board showing . Tom Koral was heads up with the betting lead, and he fired one last bullet of 16,000 into the middle. His opponent eventually made the call, and Koral tabled for the winning trips.
It's not the most thrilling of hands, but we figured we better introduce you to Tom Koral since he's sitting very near the top of the leader board with 285,000 chips at the moment.
From middle position, David "Doc Sands" Sands opened the pot to 5,000. He found a call from the player on the button, and the two men went off to a heads-up flop of . Sands continued out with a bet of 6,200, and his opponent made the smooth call.
Fourth street brought the , and Sands loaded the gun again. He fired another 11,700 chips at the pot, only to see his opponent move all in for 44,200. Sands made a pretty quick call, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Sands:
Opponent:
Well, what are you going to do there? Sands flopped top and bottom pair, but he was in bad shape against the all-in player's middle set. Only an ace would send the pot to Sands, but the river was a blank .
After shipping that double up across the felt, Doc Sands has slipped back to about 83,000.
With a board of laid out in the middle of the felt, Freedy Deeb led out with a bet of 10,000. His opponent jacked up the price to 25,000, enough to put Deeb all in. Deeb sat in the tank with his remaining 14,500 and thought about the decision while getting a massage. After a few minutes, he let his hand go and began licking his wounds.
Tournament pro Matt Graham is making some serious waves down here in The Bahamas on Day 2, having practically doubled his T146,700 starting stack, just four levels in.
In a recent hand, Graham stacked an opponent and added another 30,000 worth of chips to his own stack when his help up against his opponent's in a preflop all-in showdown, after the board filled out .
Graham is currently sitting with just over 275,000 in chips and shows no signs of slowing down as we approach the late stages of Day 2.