Grandieri Doubles Huge; Regains Chip Lead
Mark Rose opened to 50,000 from the hijack and David Grandieri flat called from the cutoff. It folded to Luke Graham who made it 150,000 to go from the small blind and both players called.
The trio saw a flop of 
and Graham tanked for over a minute before checking. Rose moved 307,000 into the middle and Grandieri responded by moving all in for about 848,000 total. Graham once again tanked before releasing and it was back on Rose.
Rose thought for almost two minutes before finally dropping in a call only to find that he was behind.
Rose: 
Grandieri: 
"Runner-runner, please," pleaded Rose.
It looked as if his wish may come true when the 
rolled off on the turn. The river, however, was the 
and Rose was forced to ship a massive pile of chips to Grandieri. Grandieri is now sitting on about 2.1 million while Rose has fallen to 585,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
|
585,000
-935,000
|
-935,000 |