Huge Clash Lands Brian Rast a Pot of 3.8 Million
Wow, wow, wow!
Up on the main feature table, Brian Rast and Tom Marchese just clashed in a huge pot worth over 3.8 million in chips. The result? Rast is now the chip leader of this event with 13 players left.
Scott Seiver started things off with a raise to 75,000 from the hijack seat. Play then folded over to Rast in the small blind, and he reraised to 225,000. Marchese was in the big blind and reraised to 540,000. After Seiver folded, Rast thought for a little bit before he moved all in for 1.855 million. Marchese checked back at his hand and called, creating the massive pot that would see one of these two take the chip lead.
Rast turned up the second best starting hand in poker, with the 
. Marchese had a good starting hand of his own, but the 
he held was a bit dominated by Rast's hand.
The flop fell 
, and Rast's kings stayed in front. The 
on the turn didn't change much, and Marchese was still in need of an ace on the river.
The dealer burned and turned the 
for the river card, and that was not what Marchese had hoped for. He counted out the amount he owed from his stack and was left with about 375,000 in chips. Rast, on the other hand, boomed to over 3.8 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,813,000
1,820,000
|
1,820,000 |
|
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|
375,000
-1,835,000
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-1,835,000 |
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