Hand #178-179: Patrick Yazbeck Doubles To The Lead

HAND #178: First hand after the dinner break goes to chip leader Joshua McSwiney. From the big blind, McSwiney checks after Patrick Yazbeck limps in then they check it to the river . McSwiney checks again, Yazbeck bets 800,000, McSwiney calls and denies Yazbeck’s bluff with pair.

HAND #179: Joshua McSwiney opens from the button for 1,250,000 and Patrick Yazbeck defends on the big blind. McSwiney proceeds to barrel down the streets, betting 750,000 on the flop , 2,300,000 on the turn , and a shove on the river . Yazbeck calls the flop and turn bets then tanks on the river using up his last two time-extension chips before calling for his tournament life. 

McSwiney shows , Yazbeck fist-pumps as he slaps open higher kicker for a double up. 

Patrick Yazbeck – 27,350,000 (55 bb)
Joshua McSwiney – 16,925,000 (34 bb)