The player in the hijack raised to 275,000. Chris Grigorian was on the button and moved all in for roughly 2,100,000. Warren Janney was in the small blind and moved all in for 1,255,000. The original raiser folded, leaving the two to battle it out.
Warren Janney:
Chris Grigorian:
The board ran out , giving Janney the winning hand and the full double. Chris Grigorian had been on a tear of late and will have to try to pick up the pieces after that tough spot.
The action has been furious as the blinds increase. On one of the tables, Kathy Liebert got almost a full double after asking the table, "Who's going to double me up." She then woke up to pocket kings in the big blind and called an all in player's shove that she had covered and held on.
The very next hand on the same table, John Hutchinson decided to do the same thing and woke up to . The player on his right shoved for approximately 1,400,000 and Hutchinson called. The other player had and the board ran out good for Hutchinson after he spiked an ace on the turn.
Valentin Vornicu was on the button and moved all in, covering both of the blinds' stacks. Andrew Christoforou looked down at his cards in the big blind and called for his remaining 595,000.
Andrew Christoforou:
Valentin Vornicu:
The flop was , giving Vornicu the lead. The turn was the . Christoforou stood up before the river, which was the , giving him two pair and sending him the pot.
Vornicu said, "All you have to do is stand up."
Christoforou had a laugh and took his seat to continue battling.