Big Stax 1100 (Day 1B): Kaplan Strikes Again

Level 7 (Blinds 300/600/100)
Total Day 1B Entries: 189

James Kaplan

Table 76 has evolved into a veritable who's who of East Coast poker, with James Kaplan, Mohammad Farah, Joe Galazzo and Matt Itkin all seated around the same dealer.

Kaplan and Farah got tangled up in a hand moments ago, with Kaplan ending up adding to his already extra large stack.

Kaplan raised to 1,700 preflop from under the gun, only getting a call from Farah.

Flop: A♦8♦2♣

Kaplan again bet 1,700 and Farah again flat-called.

Turn: 9♠

Kaplan checked and walked into a 3,600 bet from Farah, which he called without much hesitation.

River: J♣

Kaplan again checked before immediately calling Farah's bet of 6,000.

Kaplan turned over A♥2♥ for two pair. Farah flashed one card to Kaplan that wasn't captured but was presumably an Ace before seeing his chips start sliding across the table.

Farah is now down to about 35,000 chips while Kaplan may have just surpassed the 200,000 threshold.