Heath Wins Biggest Pot of the Night to Take Huge Chip Lead
Gerald Heath was in the small blind and opened to 500,000. Nicola Ditrapani defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of . Heath made a continuation-bet of 500,000 and Ditrapani clicked it back, raising the minimum to 1 million.
Heath went into the tank for some time and then three-bet all in, and Ditrapani quickly called.
Gerald Heath:
Nicola Ditrapani:
The two got stacks in for around three-quarters of all chips in play in a situation between a set and a flush draw. The turn came and the river fell behind it to leave Ditrapani's draw dry. Stacks were totaled and Heath barely had Ditrapani covered, leaving him crippled as four-handed play continues.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gerald Heath | 9,200,000 | 4,760,000 |
Wai Ngai | 2,100,000 | -440,000 |
Gary Herstein | 1,390,000 | -230,000 |
Nicola Ditrapani | 225,000 | -4,370,000 |