St. Vincent Takes His Time, Heroes Heading To Bubble

Event 7 (Day 2)
Level 18 (2,500/5,000/500)

Total Entries: 414
Players Remaining: 46
Chip Average: 165,000

Brad St. Vincent (Bristol, RI)

We are just a few eliminations away from hand for hand play, but while the bubble may be popping shortly, a massive hand just played out on the "feature" table that might have just changed the course of this entire tournament as Brad St. Vincent just hero called a massive bet on the river to cut down former chip leader Chris Renaudette and move himself near the top of the Event 7 leaderboard.

The action was picked up on the turn with St. Vincent leading out for 27,000 on a board of [9h][6h][5s][Jc].

Renaudette would then raise to 65,000 and after a minute and a half of thought, St. Vincent would call.

The [Qd] was an interesting card on the river as some draws got there, while others didn't. St. Vincent would check to the turn aggressor and Renaudette would fire out a bet of 68,000.

St. Vincent went deep into the tank, apologizing to his table a few times, taking close to five minutes before Ryan Eriquezzo finally called "clock", giving St. Vincent a minute to make his decision.

He eventually did and threw a stack of chips across the line for a call, which was not what Renaudette wanted to say as he said, "I missed."

St. Vincent didn't wait for Renaudette to show his hand, tabling [Qh][10h] for a missed flush and straight draw, but rivered top pair which was good enough to win the pot.

St. Vincent would have been left with just over 30,000 if he were to call and be wrong, but he wouldn't, instead making a massive hero call to move himself up and over the 300,000 chip mark, cutting down the former chip leader in the process.

St. Vincent would again apologize to the table for taking such a long time and Eriquezzo would apologize for his clock call, but everyone seemed to understand as it was a massive decision, with St. Vincent ultimately making the right one.

He'd later joke, "I only called because I'm on TV." but we think that there was certainly a more "legitimate" reason for the call, a correct one we were not surprised to see, as St. Vincent has been playing some great poker through the first half of this series and looks to be continuing that here in Event 7.