After defeating a rival poker house in a veritable Olympics of shenanigans last week, the cast of the G4 reality show “2 Months, 2 Million” set their sites on two new targets: Full Tilt Pros David Benyamine and Erica Schoenberg. The quartet also got back to putting in time on the virtual felt, adding $49,000 to their previous $114,000 in winnings and bringing their total profits up to $163,000.
Sunday night’s episode featured more heads-up online action between Jay Rosenkrantz and the player known as “BLEWJOB.” After a rough series of matches in the first episode of the show, Rosenkrantz was just beginning to think he had his opponent figured out when BLEWJOB picked up from the table and stopped playing Rosenkrantz altogether. The loss of this key opponent left Rosenkrantz concerned about the group’s overall goal.
“It’s going to be tough to make all this money this summer, “Rosenkrantz explained. “Finding really good spots is a big part of it and BLEWJOB is a really good spot.”
Rosenkrantz decided to let off some steam with a trip to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Pool with housemates Dani “Ansky” Stern and Brian Roberts. While lounging poolside, Roberts spotted Schoenberg at a nearby cabana.
Even though Rosenkrantz and Schoenberg had never met in person, the two still had a history with each other. A while back Schoenberg’s fiancé Benyamine was playing online against Rosenkrantz when he picked up and moved to a higher stakes table. Rosenkrantz taunted Benyamine through the chat box, chastising him for hitting and running and calling him a fish. Schoenberg blogged about the incident and referred to Rosenkrantz as, “just a typical NL a**-clown.”
Rosenkrantz saw this as an opportunity to make amends and try to line up some high stakes action in the process, so he approached Schoenberg to apologize for his behavior. She apologized for the statements in her blog as well and told Rosenkrantz she would be sure to let Benyamine know he was interested in some heads-up action.
While Rosenkrantz and Benyamine e-mailed back and forth to set up their match, Stern decided he should try to set up a match with Schoenberg. As preparation for their impending heads-up showdowns, the guys do some yoga on the lawn. Roberts struggled the most with the lesson and, at one point, convinced himself he had pulled his hamstring. Later, Rosenkrantz also goes over some old hand histories of his previous matches with Benyamine to prepare himself for his latest challenge.
The next day Rosenkrantz woke up to a missed call from Benyamine, who phoned him at 6AM to see if he wanted to play. While Rosenkrantz missed his chance to face off against Benyamine, Stern and the guys find time to meet up with Schoenberg for a live heads-up cash game session with a $2,000 buy-in. The show didn’t reveal how much each player won, but it appeared as though both were having a good time as Schoenberg inquired about Stern’s friends and his love life.
The following morning Rosenkrantz is awoken by a call from Benyamine, who is willing to play a one hour match against the online pro. Rosenkrantz heads down to the war room where Benyamine is waiting for him online. Each player bought in for $40,000 and Rosenkrantz quickly jumped up to a $70,000 stack while Benyamine had to reload.
A big hand in which the two players got it all-in on an ace high flop with Rosenkrantz holding A-J to Benyamine’s A-Q was just the start of a series of rough hands for Rosenkrantz. He managed to make a big fold against Benyamine despite making trip kings on the river, but was still down $74,000 with only 20 minutes left to play. By the end of the session Jay was down $60,000 to his online nemesis.
After the session, the guys tallied up their winnings for the week and they were all in the black. Emil Patel was the big winner with $27,200, Stern won $11,000 Roberts won $9,500 and despite the big loss to Benyamine even Rosenkrantz turned a $1,000 profit.
Rosenkrantz was offered three different penalty stunt options and opted for performing alongside male strippers at a strip club called X. Though the stunt was intended to be demoralizing, Rosenkrantz had a great time performing in a construction hat and dancing under a shower.
Next week’s episode will feature some serious action on the felt with Roberts, some serious partying from Stern and some serious concerns from Rosenkrantz that the guys will not come anywhere close to meeting their $2 million goal.