Notaro Doubles Up
The table's short stack, Italian Francesco Notaro has just doubled up through chip leader Giuseppe Pantaleo.
Pantaleo opened with a raise to 125,000 and when the action folded around to Notaro, he wasted no time in moving all-in for a total of 625,000 chips. Pantaleo made the call equally as fast and our first player was at risk.
Notaro: 
Pantaleo: 
These coinflip scenarios come up so often in poker but the ball was placed firmly in Notaro's court when the flop came down 
. The 
on the turn failed to change anything and when the river came down 
, Notaro had doubled up and Panteleo's huge stack had suffered minor damage.