Petronack Petrified by Pocket Eights

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A monstrous hand between Juan Lapido Maceiras and Dennis Petronack just went down in the closing minutes of Day 2 that had the rail buzzing.

Action folded around to Maceiras in the small blind who made it 17,000 to go. Petronack was patient and deliberate in his decision to call the raise, blocking out a bit of verbal heckling from Maceiras.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}

and Lapido, first to act, open-shoved all in putting Petronack to a decision for all of his chips. Petronack called before Maceiras was able to slide a single chip across the betting line, tabling two red aces, much to the dismay of his boisterous rival who could only produce pocket eights.

As we all know, poker can be a cruel, cruel game at times, and this hand was one of those times for Petronack, who cringed as he watched the dealer burn and turn the {8-Spades}