Dan Shak Bides His Time
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Dan Shak raised from the cutoff to 6,500. Henri Koivisto three-bet to 25,000 from the button. The blinds folded and eventually so did Shak, but not before showing 
. Koivisto flashed him the 
.
"Oh no, the ," said tablemate Scott Baumstein, "He blocked your straight with the seven-nine!"
"I don't like putting 50,000 in with kings," said Shak, referring to Koivisto's short stack before the start of the hand. "At least not yet!"
The table laughed.
"Later," continued Shak, "Desperation time. Well, it's not desperation time for anybody yet."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
|
60,000
-29,900
|
-29,900 |
and action checked around.
arrived on the turn, Lamb bet 11,000, Sexton mucked, and Eskenazi folded as well.
. Christian Harder bet 16,000 and John Racener shoved for about 55,000. Harder went into the tank for several minutes and rechecked his hole cards a handful of times before he ultimately folded and Racener took the pot.
, Aleksei Altshuller bet 9,500 into his lone opponent, Bobby Oboodi, who was under the gun. After brief consideration, Oboodi called and Altshuller flipped over 
for trip nines with a queen, which was good enough to win the pot as Oboodi sent his cards into the muck.
for a full house. The all-in player showed 
.
and the player was eliminated.
, Andjelko Andrejevic checked from the small blind and Gordon Vayo bet 6,600 from the big blind. Andrejevic check-raised to 22,500 and Vayo called.
fell on the river and Andrejevic bet 35,000. Vayo called and Andrejevic tabled 
for a set of nines which was good enough to win the pot.
against the 
with Ruan at risk.
, so Ruan took the pot to double up.
