At the mid-point of level 10 on Day 2A, the players are doing their best to pressure their opponents and steal chips whenever they can.
Michael Dellabarca just found himself on the wrong side of that situation and had to make a big decision with his tournament life at stake. Dellabarca was in the small blind in a heads-up pot against Soksu Lee when he led out for 275K on a flop of . Lee then put in a raise to 650K. Dellabarca made the call after some deliberation and quickly checked the turn. Lee continued his story with a bet of 900K on the turn, ramping up the pressure on Dellarbarca. After several minutes in the tank, Dellabarca slammed his chips in the middle, and Lee flipped over his in frustration. Dellabarca triumphantly tabled his and watched the irrelevant hit the river.