Event 4: Slow Going

East Coast Championship
$7200 + $300 (NL)

With 13 players remaining and only 9 getting paid, every decision made by these players is given serious thought.

Chris Klodnicki opened for 4k utg and Roland Israel made it 14,300 straight from the small blind. Chris tanked for a couple of minutes, then plopped out a stack of blue chips, enough to cover Roland, who only had about 64k left. Roland then took his turn in the tank, eventually deciding to wait for a better spot.

A couple of hands later, Roland raised to 4,500 from the cutoff and Matt Glantz made it 11,600 from the button. Roland eyed Matt's remaining chips, which was only about 35k, then opted to call. The flop came Q J 9 rainbow and Roland moved all-in. Matt let it go and Roland took the pot.

Over on table two, Todd Terry bet the 9 9 8 flop and got a call from Gavin Smith on the button. They both checked the Queen on the turn, then a Jack hit the river. Todd checked, Gavin bet 12,800 and after a few seconds, Todd made the call. Gavin showed T7 suited for the rivered straight. Todd flashed a 9 in disgust and mucked his hand. He was left with about 70k.