Mar 8, 2012
Photo: Joseph Elpayaa (left) stares down Amir Khaziri (right) for several minutes after Khaziri moved all in.
After a flop of [AsKc5c], Joseph Elpayaa bets 44,000 under the gun, Amir Khaziri raises from the cutoff to 127,000, and Elpayaa calls.
The turn card is the [3h], Elpayaa checks, Khaziri bets 303,000, and Elpayaa calls.
The river card is the [2d], Elpayaa checks, and Khaziri moves all in for 401,000. Elpayaa asks for an exact count, and then tanks for several minutes before he calls.
Khaziri shows [Ah5h] to win the pot with two pair, aces and fives, and Elpayaa mucks. Khaziri doubles up.
Amir Khaziri – 1,815,000 (151 BBs)
Joseph Elpayaa – 1,130,000 (94 BBs)
Immediately after this hand, Elpayaa was moved to the other table to balance out the tables after Brandon Wong’s elimination.