More Back and Forth
Daniel Lowery raised to 250,000 from the button, and he and Bryan Schultz took a flop. It went check-check, and the landed on fourth street. Now Schultz led out with 250,000, and Lowery wasted no time matching the bet. The river came the , and now Schultz slowed back down with another check. That was Lowery's cue to bet 250,000 of his own chips, and it won him the pot with no showdown.
That loss knocked Schultz down to about 2.2 million, but he'd get it right back on the next hand. Now it was he opening to 225,000 from his button, and Lowery defended to see the flop. Schultz continued out with 300,000, and Lowery nearly beat him into the pot, check-calling to go to the turn. Lowery checked again, and Schultz loaded up and fired another 600,000 at the pot, leaving about a million behind. He got a bit of a stare from across the table, but Lowery could not call. He surrendered, and the duel is back to where it began once again.