Francesco de Vivo raised to 300,000 and Anton Wigg reraised. De Vivo eyed him up for a bit, and then announced all in.
Instacall!
De Vivo:
Wigg: all in with
Board: SMACK!
De Vivo as mentioned above smacked the living doody out of the board, and doubled up to over 11 million. Wigg meanwhile was left with just 1.3 million.
600,000 chips found their way into the pot preflop but that's where the action stopped. Both players checked down the board until de Vivo took the pot with pocket sixes.
Francesco De Vivo limped into the pot from the button, and Anton Wigg knocked the table for a free flop. It came down , and both men checked. They did the same on the turn, and the river put a flush on board. Wigg led out with a bet of 275,000, and De Vivo quickly called.
A broad smile crossed Wigg's face as he showed that he was playing the board with two offsuit rags. De Vivo's tabling of raised a few eyebrows around the room, his bigger flush earning him the small pot.
Wigg checked to de Vivo on the and then called de Vivo's min-bet.
Both players checked the turn and when the river hit the felt, Wigg bet out 300,000. De Vivo called and turned over some super-slow-played pocket aces. Wigg's had managed to make two pair while de Vivo had been busy trying not to make his hand look like aces, and took the pot.
Wigg is now back in the lead with 6.4 million to de Vivo's 5.9 million.
Anton Wigg opened to 250,000 from the button, and Francesco De Vivo made the call to see a flop.
It brought , and De Vivo checked. Wigg continued out with 325,000 more chips, only to see a check-raise come. De Vivo made it 850,000, and Wigg didn't tank long before announcing an all-in three-bet. De Vivo stared down at his chips for a couple agonizing minutes before finally surrendering.
That brings the match almost back to even as the bewitching hour approaches. Wigg is still just behind with about 6 million to De Vivo's 6.5 million.
Anton Wigg check-called 500,000 from Francesco de Vivo on the flop but was left with a massive decision when de Vivo put him all in on the turn. Wigg gave it some good thought, but eventually opted to fold.
Next hand, and de Vivo made trip aces to pick up another pot. After five days of sitting quietly, it's as though he's suddenly woken up to find himself playing poker.
Francesco de Vivo raised to 300,000, and Anton Wigg made it 825,000 to go. Back to de Vivo, who pushed all in for 3.955 million. Back to Wigg, who called.
A showdown! The media room went crazy.
Wigg:
De Vivo: clearly hadn't been expecting a call, but was very live with
Board: bink!
To the audible disappointment of the media room, de Vivo doubled up to stay in the game. De Vivo mow has the chip lead with 7.76 million to Wigg's 4.785 million.