Roman Gilligan Soars Over a Million
Roman Gilligan is the first player in the tournament to amass a seven-digit chip stack. The big hand that got him there started innocently enough with two players in late position limping and Gilligan limping behind from the blinds.
All three players checked after the flop came 
, however, the action more than picked up after the 
appeared on the turn.
Gilligan bet 15,000 and was called by one player before the second player raised to 35,000. Gilligan flatted before the next player jammed for 200,000. The player behind called as did Gilligan who had both players covered.
Gilligan turned over 
for the full house while the other players were both drawing dead holding flushes. A blank appeared on the river and Gilligan's stack climbed to 1.1 million while sending two players to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |