Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Event 1 (Day 1B): A Big Call

Level 14 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300)
Total Day 1B Entries: 150
Day 1B Players Remaining: 39

Jeremiah Leblanc
Approaching Table 29 there would be a hand (at the river) going on between Aaron Mendelsohn and Jeremiah Leblanc.  The board would read 5♣ 2♣ 2 9♠ 5♠, with a pot well over 75,000.  Leblanc had checked to Aaron on the river, and Mendelsohn responded by going all-in for 65,000.  Leblanc would be in the tank for a few minutes before he decided to make the call and place a stack of chips across his cards.  Mendelsohn would tap the table and say to Jeremiah, "You got it."

Leblanc would table 8 8♣ for the win, drawing a wide-eyed reaction from a number of his table mates.  The big river call would vault him to the chip lead, stacking up a mountain worth over 230,000.