In a preflop clash between Amer Torbey and David Rasmussen, the chips ended up in the middle before the flop was dealt. Torbey was all in for all of his 17,100,000 in chips and Gugliuzza had him covered.
Amer Torbey:
David Rasmussen:
The board came down to give Torbey, who lost a bunch of chips earlier, a sizable double-up back to where he started.
At the same time at an adjacent table Anthony Gugliuzza was standing up and rubbed his hands in anticipation. Gugliuzza had open in front of him and Diogo Veiga had made the call with for all of Gugliuzza's 8,050,000 in chips.
The dealer slowly dealt and an ecstatic Gugliuzza clapped his hands in celebration.
Kevin Calenzo open-shoved for a stack worth 4,200,000 and Na Vue made the call. It folded to Katrik Ved in the blinds who reshoved for 14,700,000 and Vue called.
Kevin Calenzo:
Na Vue:
Kartik Ved:
Calenzo was in bad for his tournament's life but the board fell , giving him a full house with aces and he stood up from his chair from joy. Ved took the side pot and Vue is now down under 10,000,000.