Manole Fails to Decide
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With Benjamin Smith making it 105,000 preflop, Mihai Manole opted to three-bet to 275,000 from the small blind. After much thinkage, Smith made the call.
On the 
flop, Manole slid a continuation bet of 275,000 across the felt, but Smith played back at him by deep-reaching for four columns and pushing 825,000 into the middle.
Manole seemed quietly tortured by the decision, and after mulling over his options for a couple of minutes, was put on the clock by Alexander Kuzmin who pleaded that he was short stacked and the blinds were about to go up.
The countdown commenced, and concluded, with Manole failing to come to a decision, and after the announcer had reached one, his cards were whisked away and Smith took the pot.
Manole - 1,075,000
Smith - 2,300,000