A high-stakes mutli-table battle between Jay Rosenkrantz and David “Viffer” Peat headlined this week’s episode of the G4 online poker reality series “2 Months, $2 Million.” In the end, the team earned $371,000 for the week and is up over $500,000 overall.
Week 8 of the G4 franchise began with the team up $135,600. Despite the six-figure earnings, the team was nowhere near its $2 million goal and began hunting for high-stakes games. Rosenkrantz quickly found a taker in luckexpress10, who has vandalized the “2 Months, $2 Million” cast in previous episodes. In one pot shown, Rosenkrantz held A-J of clubs and the flop came 6-3-A, Rosenkrantz bet out $5,000, luckexpress10 raised to $14,000, Rosenkrantz shoved, and luckexpress10 quickly called, turning over A-6 for top and bottom pair. No jack came and Rosenkrantz dropped the $114,000 pot. He was down $97,000 on the week after one day, sinking the team to nearly even on the season.
As a result of the group’s collective struggles, a 36-hour lockdown was planned. Only one person could leave the war room at a time over the next day and a half. Rosenkrantz battled JD_KILLER in the early stages of lockdown, winning with pocket aces versus K-J and then cracking JD_KILLER’s aces with 9-10 after turning a straight. After Rosenkrantz raked another pot to be up $93,000, JD_KILLER sat out. At 11:20pm, during the 13th hour of lockdown, Emil Patel and Brian Roberts both went to sleep. Rosenkrantz soon followed.
The next morning, with Patel still asleep, Rosenkrantz played Peat across two tables of $200/$400. The $40,000 buy-in match marked the highest stakes game of the series. Early on, Rosenkrantz won a pot with pocket nines against Peat’s 4-7 to go up $159,000 during lockdown. Then, Peat went on a tear, as Rosenkrantz’s lockdown total fell to $248,000 the wrong way from zero. Rosenkrantz was visibly frustrated, but began looking for tells. He noted, “There has to be a way to turn this around. I know I’m better than this guy. I just have to figure him out.”
With his housemates following the action in the war room, Rosenkrantz discovered that Peat’s betting habits marked an online tell. When Peat bet pot, he was typically bluffing. A montage of hands followed where Rosenkrantz exploited his newfound edge, including one where Peat bet pot on a Q-J-3-A board. Rosenkrantz held Q-10 and called a bet on the river, trusting his read. Sure enough, Peat showed K-9 for a busted straight draw and Rosenkrantz scooped $165,000.
In the largest pot shown during lockdown, Peat bet pot on a board of 3-10-K-Q. Rosenkrantz called with K-Q for top two pair. Peat pushed when a five fell on the river and Rosenkrantz called, creating a massive $316,000 pot. Peat showed 9-6 for “squadoosh” and Rosenkrantz was up $351,000 during lockdown. Peat parted with the words “die in a grease fire” in the chat and sat out.
On his impressive lockdown performance, Rosenkrantz told “2 Months, $2 Million” cameras, “What a crazy 36 hours. If we can get some more nosebleed action, the $2 million goal doesn’t seem so unbeatable anymore.” When the totals for the week were tabulated, the “2 Months, $2 Million” quartet were up $371,000 during Week 8 and $507,000 overall. Rosenkrantz was the week’s big winner, up $351,000. Patel was up $34,000, Roberts was up $9,000, and Dani Stern was the only cast member to lose money for the week, down $22,600.
For his penalty stunt, Stern played 52-card pickup in the disgusting-looking green pool at Aaron “aejones” Jones’ house. Roberts joked, “Look at the bright side. After jumping into this pool, you’ll be exposed to so much bacteria that you’ll never have to take medication again.”
Next week, the “2 Months, $2 Million” cast holds a high-stakes home game featuring Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier, David Williams, and Peat, among others. “2 Months, $2 Million” airs weekly at 8:00pm ET on G4.