Fear of Commitment as Big Moment Approaches?

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Paul "Pab" Foltyn: So near and yet so far

Down to 58 (57 as I write), and the exiters now feel it even more keenly as the money is right around the corner. A couple of situations illustrate the power of the big stack at this point, and the somewhat unexpected turn hands can take, possibly because the tournament is at this point in time.

First off, chip leader Brandon Cantu simply pushed forward two big stacks of yellow 5ks when Dmitry Gromov tried a 12,500 preflop raise. He didn't want to get it in, and quickly passed.

Elsewhere a check-raise on a {9-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {7-Hearts} flop from Boyan Bonev saw him nevertheless find a fold when opponent Gyula Szilagyi moved in for a further 50k into a pot of over 115k.

Only Denmark's Thomas Thang and Paul Foltyn begin_of_the_skype_highlightin g?????end_of_the_skype_hi ghlighting have taken the plunge - and not with good results for them: Thang's big slick fell to Cantu's {4-} {4-} whereas the {A-} {K-} of Martin Jacobson was good against Foltyn's pocket Jacks.