Pignataro Ahead of Yunis - Just.
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Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Luigi Pignataro and Nicolas Yunis are sat side by side and both have very healthy chip stacks for this stage of the tournament. Long time chip leader Yunis has just been over taken on the leader board by Pignataro in a hand that played out just seconds before the break.
Pignataro opened up from the button with a bet of 51,000. Yunis three-bet from the small blind making it 145,000 in total, the big blind folded and Pignataro called. Both players called the flop and the turn 
and then we saw the 
on the river. Yunis decided it was a good card to try and steal the pot with a bet 110,000 but Pignataro insta-called.
"You have ace-king?" Asked Yunis.
He didn't have ace-king. He had a very slowly played 
Pignataro ~ 1,900,000
Yunis ~ 1,780,000