Chobineh Leaves Chidwick Short; Katz Doubles Through Sammartino
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, Bahram Chobineh checked in the big blind and Stephen Chidwick bet 15,000, which Joao Vieira from one seat over and Chobineh both called. On the 
turn, the same action repeated for 35,000 total and the 
appeared on the river.
Chobineh checked once more and Chidwick bet 80,000, which forced out Vieira. Chobineh, however, had other plans and check-raised to 260,000. Chidwick called and was shown 
for a full house by Chobineh, who moved up to almost one million in chips.
At the same time over on table one, Dario Sammartino jammed the 
river into Cary Katz and the latter snap-called for his last 88,000. Sammartino was caught bluffing with 
and Katz doubled with 
for the nut straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
960,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
475,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
220,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
120,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
100,000
340,000
|
340,000 |