Pagano Crippled!
Action moved back over to Pagano and he wasted little time in announcing that he was all in. Battisti now had a big decision in front of him, one that could mean the end of his tournament.
After a couple minutes of deliberation, Battisti called, drawing a stir from everyone in the room. When the hands were turned up, here's what was revealed:
Pagano:
Battisti:
Pagano had Battisti covered and also had him dominated.
The dealer dealt the flop...
and just like that, Pagano went from first to worst. He immediately sunk his head into his hands, knowing it would be hard to come from behind now.The turn was the
, pairing the board, but providing no help to Pagano. Luca began wrapping up his iPod and headphones and put his cell phone away as the river card came the 
to end the hand. Pagano shipped over the total all-in bet of 1.061 million to Battisti, leaving himself with roughly 145,000. To make things worse, he was in the big blind next hand.