Thomas "tommyboy83" Koral just made a big call and was rewarded for it.
Tommy raised to 72,000 on the button and was called by Gary Leibovitz from the small blind. The flop came and Gary check-called Tommy's bet of 80,000. When the hit the turn, Gary Leibovitz moved all in and had Koral covered. Tommy tanked and eventually said, "That is such a weird play. This would be a sick call."
Tommy did in fact call and Gary turned up for the huge draw. Tommy showed for a pair of 8's and held a slight lead going to the river, which was the . Tommy's cheering section erupted as he doubled up to over 1,000,000. Gary slipped to about 300,000.
TD Charlie took most of the final table to the steakhouse, and they're not back as the break draws to a close. As soon as their meat is consumed, they'll be rejoining us for the conclusion of action.
The four players are back from their extended dinner break. The yellow T1,000 chips were raced off, and while normally you'd have massive stacks at the final table, everyone looks short-stacked.