WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 64

Vlad Darie raised from the cutoff and Jonathan Jaffe three-bet to 98,000 out of the small blind. Action folded back around to Darie, who used a two time bank chips before moving to get an extra minute to act on his hand.

Darie eventually moved all in for  and Jaffe quickly called. Darie showed and was dominated by Jaffe’s .

The flop was and Darie took the lead with a pair of kings. The turn was the and the river was the to give Darie another double up.

Darie dragged another pot and in just a few hands moved from the short stack into the chip lead.

Vlad Darie – 922,000 (57 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – 536,000 (33 bb)