Ionel with a Funky Double
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Anton Ionel limped in with the 
on the short stack and Galen Hall limped behind on the button with the 
. Mike Sowers was in the small blind with the 
and raised to 450,000. Ionel flat-called, which Daniel Negreanu thought was a big mistake on the broadcast. Hall folded.
The flop came down 
and Sowers moved all in to put Ionel at risk. Ionel called with his sevens and was ahead.
He was able to dodge Sowers' outs as the board ran out with the 
and 
and is back to about 4.4 million.