Porter Calls Jazzar's Bluff; Takes the Chip Lead
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Jazzar opened the pot with a raise to 80,000 from the cutoff and Porter responded with a reraise to 280,000 from the small blind. Jazzar made the call and the flop came
.Porter passed the first option to Jazzar, who stacked up a big pile of chips and looked as if he was about to slide them across the betting line, before pulling the stack back and checking behind.
The
then fell on the turn and Porter led out with a 200,000 bet that Jazzar called in a heartbeat. The last card off the deck was the
and Porter passed the final action to Jazzar, who stacked up a 300,000 bet and held it in front of him, staring candidly at Porter, before pump-faking once and then making the bet.While Porter considered his decision, Jazzar took a full bottle of water and place it on top of his head, duplicating a balancing act he performed earlier in the tournament.
"Cooling system," he explained.
His clowning around seemed to help Porter come to a decision a bit quicker, as he stacked up 300,000 in chips and made the call.
"You win," Jazzar confessed, tabling the
for air. Porter tabled a pocket pair of tens to claim the pot.After the hand, Jazzar was left with just under a million in chips, while Porter surged to 1.93 million.