Event 1: Karumuru Vaults to Among Leaders
After a flop of 
, a player in middle position bet 3,300 into a multi-way pot. Sreekanth Karumuru raised to 9,300 from the cutoff, only to see a fellow big stack on the button reraise to about 22,000. The original bettor folded without much debate, and Karumuru thought briefly before announcing he was all in. The button called off his roughly 70,000 stack.
Karumuru: 
Button: 
Only top set could beat Karumuru, and his opponent held merely top two pair. The board finished out with 
and 
, and Karumuru surely has one of the biggest stacks in the room now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
166,000 |