Panno Climbing Upstairs

We know that Ernesto Panno is battling for the overnight chip lead as the minutes wind down here, so we went upstairs to have a look. Wouldn't you know it, we found him tangling in a pot with Alex Brenes.

On a board showing {J-Hearts}

, Panno fired out a final bet of 8,500, nearly a full-pot bet. Brenes thought it over for just a minute before flicking in the calling chips. It was a bad call. Panno tabled {10-Hearts}

for the straight, and Brenes could only chuckle. He twirled his cards in between his hands for a moment before flinging them back in the muck.

We couldn't make out his cards, but the table seemed to agree that he had called with two pair. Either way, the chips go to Panno, pushing him up into what is likely the chip lead with 110,000.