Peter Rho has just managed to double up to 9,500 in chips, courtesy of Team Full Tilt Pro John(son) Juanda.
Juanda opened the pot with a raise to 950 and when the action reached Rho, he moved all in for a total of 4,425. Juanda made the call, saying, "I played this for my buddy," (Daniel Negreanu).
Juanda:
Rho:
The board then ran out and Rho's ace-jack high held up to rake the pot.
Juanda was left with 18,000 in chips after the hand.
Some of the counts from around the place
Some chip counts in the room at the moment:
Steve 'The Big Show' Topakas - 80,000
Rayan 'rkruok' Nathan - 70,000
Brendan Edmonds - 68,000
Tony G - 66,000
Tom Rafferty - 65,000
Carl Booth - 45,000
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds - 45,000
Jonathan Karamalikis
Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis has just doubled through to 11,700 in chips after holding off an opponent's Big Slick in a race.
Karamalikis opened the pot with a raise to 850 and an unknown player at the table kicked it up to 2,200. A third player in the hand flat-called the three-bet and when the action returned to Karamalikis, he moved all in for about 5,000 total. The three-bettor folded, but the flat-caller called again, setting up a heads-up, preflop, all-in showdown:
Karamalikis:
Opponent:
The ensuing board then ran out and Karamalikis' tens held up to rake the pot.