Legend of Chipleader Lazaro Hernandez Continues

Photo: Lazaro Hernandez was the overall chipleader heading into Day 2, and he hasn’t slowed down since.

Some of the details of this hand were relayed to us by Patrick Eskandar, seated at the same table.

With the blinds at 4,000-8,000, preflop action folds to Lazaro Hernandez on the button, and he verbalized a raise, but to an amount that was too low (like 10,000). It wasn’t enough to force a min-raise, but since "raise" was the first word out of Hernandez’s mouth, it’s ruled that the raise is binding, and he must put out a min-raise to 16,000.

The small blind folds, and Mitchell Nong moves all in for about 400,000.

Hernandez snap-calls with [8d8s], and Nong is caught bluffing with [8c6s]. Nong is dominated as he faces elimination.

The board comes [KdJc3cAd7c], and Nong never even picks up any outs. Hernandez wins the pot with pocket eights to eliminate Nong in 93rd place.

Lazaro Hernandez  –  1,800,000
Mitchell Nong  –  Out in 93rd Place  ($7,052)

Hernandez, who has been steadily winning big pots since Day 1, says, "The legend continues."

After a brief pause, he adds, "Oh man, don’t want to jinx myself."