Rast the Earner
From under the gun, Brian Rast opened with a raise to 75,000. A couple spots over, Giovanni Guarascio made the call. David Einhorn also called after action folded to him. He was acting from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Einhorn checked. Rast bet 160,000 and Guarascio made the call. Einhorn folded.
The turn was the 
and Rast checked to his opponent. Guarascio checked back and the river completed the board with the 
. Rast bet 150,000 and Guarascio folded.
On the next hand, Guarascio raised preflop and Rast called from the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Rast checked and Guarascio bet 110,000. Rast called.
The 
landed on the turn and Rast passed over the action to Guarascio. He fired 215,000 and Rast called.
After the 
finished off the board on the river, Rast bet 450,000. Guarascio took a few moments, but decided to fold and Rast scooped the pot. With these two back-to-back pots, Rast has moved over 8.1 million.
Rast's good buddy, Antonio Esfandiari, peeked over as Rast was stacking up the pot and said, "Rasty the earner! All this guy does is earn, earn earn."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,150,000 | 510,000 |
|
5,150,000 | 340,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -400,000 |