Early Double for Bloom
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Peter Fox opened to 160,000 in the hijack before John-Charles Bloom jammed for 1,010,000 from the cutoff, and Fox called.
John-Charles Bloom: 5♦5♣
Peter Fox: 2♥2♣
Bloom held the dominating pair and he held through the K♥10♣8♦7♣J♥ runout to double his stack.
At another table, Philip Guana was the first casualty of the day.