Giannakopoulos Soars to Massive Stack
Marko Nortje raised to 2,000 and Rajeev Poonhath called before Panayiotis Giannakopoulos then squeezed to massive 70,000.
When Nortje was in the tank, Giannakopoulos said "you know what it is". Nortje eventually called all-in for less and Poonhath folded.
Marko Nortje: A♠7♠
Panayiotis Giannakopoulos: A♣K♦
The Q♥9♠3♠ flop was a sweat, but the 6♣ turn and 9♦ river brought no help for Nortje.
What followed was a three-bet pot between Giannakopoulos and Dan Zvonaru which led to the 9♣7♥6♦ flop. Giannakopoulos check-raised from 5,500 to 16,500 and called Zvonaru's shove.
Panayiotis Giannakopoulos: 8♦5♥
Dan Zvonaru: Q♥Q♣
"Well done," Zvonaru exclaimed and then added "I am dead".
The 8♥ turn made a split pot possible but the J♠ river brought no miracle. Both stacks were counted and Giannakopoulos doubled for 162,500.
Down to around 21,000, Zvonaru three-bet jammed from the small blind and Franco Da Matta called.
Dan Zvonaru: J♠8♠
Franco Da Matta: A♣K♦
"Oh shit, that's my favourite hand ... even the suits," Da Matta said when looking at the suited jack of Zvonaru and the table chuckled. Sure enough the jack came on the J♥5♥4♣5♠2♣ board for Zvonaru to double.