Hand #11: Darie Doubles Thru Mizrachi; From Short Stack to Chip Lead in Four Hands

Vlad Darie raises from the cutoff to 32,000, Jonathan Jaffe reraises from the small blind to 98,000, and Darie cashes in two of his Time Chips as he tanks for a minute and 10 seconds before he moves all in for 447,000.

Jaffe quickly calls with , and Darie turns over . Darie needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Darie wins the pot — and takes the chip lead — with a pair of kings.

Seat 1.  Darren Elias  –  235,000
Seat 2.  Farid Yachou  –  144,000
Seat 3.  Michael Mizrachi  –  896,000
Seat 4.  Vlad Darie  –  922,000
Seat 5.  Noah Schwartz  –  468,000
Seat 6.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  536,000

In the past four hands, Darie went from the short stack with 82,000 (less than 7 big blinds) to the chip lead with 922,000 (58 big blinds).