Big Double For Bansal

Ben Lai and Raghav Bansal have just played a big pot. Pre-flop it was Bansal the man in the driver’s seat, opening with a raise to 51,000 from the cutoff with Lai calling from the big blind.

Lai checked the flop over to Bansal, who continuation bet 58,000, which Lai quickly called before checking the turn.

The Hong Kong player evidently had plans for the hand however, and after Bansal fired again, betting out 132,000, Lai slid out a check-raise totalling 300,000.

Bansal sat back and took off the sunglasses, sizing up Lai before thowing in the call with 5-seconds left on the shot clock and the river came down .

Now he had the initiative in the hand Lai looked loath to lose it and quickly moved all-in for roughly 900,000, sending the Indian player deep into the think tank, where he remained for the full 30-seconds, burning through his last remaining time bank chip before tossing in the call with seconds to spare.

Lai rolled over and Bansal stood up and gave a quiet but heartfelt ‘yeah!’ slapping down for flopped two pair. That tough call saw Bansal stack up to 2.4 million while Lai is left with a bowl of rice – a paltry 75,000.