Lai Takes From Bansal
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ben Lai had been pretty quiet at the final table but his tournament is now moving in the right direction. Pre-flop Lai raised it up to 45,000 from the button and Bansal defended from the big blind to take play heads-up to a 8d7c4s] flop.
Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned the 
, which brought a bet of 55,000 from the Indian player. Lai quickly called and the 
completed the river, bringing four to a straight.
This slowed Bansal down and he checked the action over to Lai, who looked at him calculatingly before reaching for chips and sliding out a bet of 160,000.
Bansal ran the shot clock down to 10-seconds before throwing out the call, but could only muck when Lai turned over 
for the rivered straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | -250,000 |
|
1,070,000 | 220,000 |