Ruggeri Wins a Crucial Flip
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Umberto Ruggeri and Walid Bou Habib just got all of their chips into the middle preflop with Ruggeri being the player at risk for his last 550,000.
Umberto Ruggeri: 10♥10♣ 
Walid Bou Habib: A♠J♥
It was a flip that Ruggeri needed to win to have a chance of making it through to the penultimate day of the Main Event. The board ran out Q♥6♦9♦5♠9♠ which kept Ruggeri ahead the whole way, and he doubled at the expense of Habib.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
1,050,000
170,000
|
170,000 |