First, Alex Jacob raised to 125,000 in early position. Two seats over, Richard Lutes reraised to 375,000. When it came back to the afro, he asked for a count on Lutes. His opponent had exactly 1,000,000 chips, and that was all Jacob wanted to know; he folded.
On the next hand, action folded all the way around the table, and Brandon Cantu got a walk in the big blind. He clenched his fists and flung his cards into the muck face-up:
.With Cantu in the small blind next hand, he opened for a raise to 200,000. Alex Jacob didn't have anything to play with. He showed
and mucked.
. On the flop and turn, both players checked. The river saw Vangchailued check once again, and a bet of 150,000 was good enough to win Jacob the pot.
. Vangchailued checked, and Spalding quickly announced, "All in." His opponent nodded and sputtered an, "I call," fumbling to flip over his
. Spalding shook his head and tabled his
and
respectively, and the man with the long name gets a huge double up. He had 635,000 behind his all in, and his stack has now swelled to 1,710,000.