04-17-2009 22:36 UTC-4

Marcelo Giorgetta Eliminates David Schechter

[user37786]

This is how one looks after winning a huge pot

In perhaps the biggest pot of the tournament so far, Marcelo Giorgetta won a huge confrontation with David Schechter. With the board reading {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{9-Diamonds}

{8-Clubs}

{7-Diamonds}

, the two players exchanged raises until Schechter stacked up his chips and pushed them in the middle. Giorgetta almost instantly did the same, and when Schechter turned over {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{8-Spades}

for two pair (the nines on the board counterfeited him) Giorgetta laid his {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{10-Spades}

on the felt.

His straight held up when the river brought the {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

and as Schechter shook hands with his tablemates Giorgetta rocketed up to near the top of the leaderboard. He has about 105,000.

Tags: David Schechter Marcelo Giorgetta