Eric Afriat's table is starting to fight back against his aggression and iit's not going well for the chip leader.
Afriat bet 9,500 into a 35,000-chip pot with the board reading . His heads-up opponent simply smooth called, but when the river brought the , a fourth heart, and Afriat fired out 25,000, his opponent played back at him, raising to 60,000.
Afriat took a moment to do it, but folded, asking to see his opponent's hand anyway. He showed , having turned a straight and rivered a flush.
Shaan Siddiqui had worked his way up to 85,000 on Day 1b when disaster struck late.
He got it in with top two against bottom set and the set held, knocking him down to a mere 8,000 in chips.
Que the comeback! Siddiqui got it in with sixes against big slick and held, then kept spinning it up until he was over and above 85,000 again.
The Montreal local then bagged a decent stack and came into the day with a lot of hope. Now he finds himself among the chip leaders after making the nut straight against one shorter stack with the bottom end this level.
He's up to 300,000 and and counting as the wild ride continues.