A Massive Confrontation
Heads up, the first three community cards came . Chartier continued out with a bet of 200,000. Vizza sat rock still for a moment or two before announcing, "Seven," and sliding out seven tall stacks of gray chips. Chartier leaned back in his chair as he glanced back and forth between the board and his opponent. After about two minutes, he waved both hands forward in the universal all-in gesture.
Vizza would spend the next five or seven minutes deep in the think tank. He asked for a count of his opponent's stack. Then he counted his own stack. Then he re-counted his own stack. He stood up, kneeling on his chair, leaning over the table and staring down at the board. He was clearly pained by the decision, completely uncertain of what to do.
"I really think you got something," he said, adding, "This is so silly." Finally, after that long soak, Vizza reluctantly slipped his cards back to the dealer, choosing to fight his battle in another spot.
After taking down the biggest pot of the tournament, Samuel Chartier is now the overwhelming chip leader.