Decision Time
Ihar Soika opened under-the-gun for 625 and Aram Sargsyan from Armenia raised to 1,200. The blinds folded and Soika began his dwell up. A minute passed and he announced all in. The red triangle was thrown in front of him and Sargsyan asked for a count. The answer was a total of 10,250. Now it was Sargsyan’s turn to go in the tank which he did for several minutes. A few players stood up to stretch their legs but it didn’t look as if anyone was thinking about calling the clock. Sargsyan counted out the call and counted the rest of his stack. He studied his opponent some more but Soika sat stock still with his eyes practically closed. Eventually Sargsyan had weighed it up enough and made the fold. Seat one called out to him slightly sarcastically, “Ace queen suited?” but that was the end of the matter.