Seat #2 has been slowly and deliberately building his chip stack. In one hand versus Yegor Moroz, Seat #2’s A♦ 9♣ held up against Moroz’s 8♥ 7♦ on a 5♣ 8♦ 3♥ 5♥ A♠ board. Seat #2 added 1.52 million to his stack.

On the next hand versus George Long, despite both men pairing their 9 on the flop, a five on the river gave Seat #2 two pair and a 2.72 million pot.