Marchese Doubles -- Without Showdown

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Less then ten minutes into the day the final table saw its first river card -- and it was a doozy. David Paredes opened pre-flop for 135,000 and was called by Tom Marchese from the cutoff and Sam Stein from the big blind. Things started slowly after a ragged flop of {10-Clubs}

, with each player checking in turn. Stein took a stab on the {4-Diamonds}

turn with a bet of 220,000 but was unable to shake either Paredes or Marchese.

The river fell {2-Hearts}

. Stein fired again for 430,000. Paredes dove into the tank for about a minute before raising to 1,130,000. Marchese, sitting behing Paredes, then moved all in for 1,970,000!

Stein quickly folded but Paredes could be seen talking to himself. Looks of "what have I walked into" flashed across his face. With more than 4.5 million chips in the pot and only 800,000 to call he was clearly having a hard time finding a fold. He did finally fold, showing {5-Clubs}