With action caught on the flop, John Amato was in the big blind, check-raising to 95,000 after Patrick Truong bet 23,000 in the cutoff. Truong called.

The landed on the turn and Amato shoved his remaining 255,000. It didn't take long before Truong made the call but he learned that his was trailing Amato's .

Amato had to dodge any ten, nine or an eight and he did so when the hit the river.