Merulla Doubles With Pocket Jacks

After Matthew Mendez opened for 34,000 and Ronit Chamani called from the hijack, Robert Merulla moved all in for his last 466,000.

Mendez reshoved for his last 575,000 or so and Chamani got out of the way.

Showdown:

Merulla:
Mendez:

The two were flipping for what amounted to the entire tournament for both players, as Merulla would be eliminated with a loss, while Mendez would be crippled if his big cards failed to come.

The final board ran out clean for Merulla, coming to keep the fishhooks out in front, and he pushed to nearly 1 million in chips. Mendez failed to mount the comeback and he hit the rail shortly after this huge hand.