Bichon Doubles; Porter Crippled

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The pot of the tournament just went down, and its beneficiary was new chip leader Thomas Bichon.

Rep Porter opened the pot with a raise to 275,000. Bichon countered with a three-bet to 650,000.

"Do you have any idea how many chips you have, Thomas?" Porter asked. Bichon's chips were dirty stacked and quite difficult to count.

Tournament Director Jack McClellan stepped in to help.

"It's about two million total," McClellan offered.

Porter made the call.

The flop came down {5-Clubs}

and Bichon dove into the tank, emerging about three minutes later and firing a 450,000 bet. Porter wasted no time making his counter move.

"I'm all in," he said.

Just as quickly, Bichon made the call, tabling two red nines for the mortal nuts -- top set. Still very much alive though, Porter tabled {Q-Clubs}

and would be drawing to a flush.

Photographers and a few other nosy spectators swarmed the stage to watch the dealer fill out the rest of the board... {K-Spades}

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Bichon's set held up, earning him the pot -- worth approximately 4.5 million in chips -- and the chip lead.

Porter meanwhile, was left crippled with under 50,000 in chips.

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