Christian Rudolph raised to 165,000 from under the gun with and Dario Sammartino defended from the big blind with . The flop came and Sammartino checked to Rudolph who made a large bet of 380,000. Sammartino just called and the paired the board on the turn.

Sammartino checked again and Rudolph checked it back to the on the river. Sammartino made his straight and led out for 1,000,000. Rudolph also hit the river with two pair and went into the tank for nearly five minutes before finally laying his hand down.