After three-betting before the flop, Geoff Sanford led out on a board and Saro Getzoyan called. Sanford check-called the on the turn and both players checked after the arrived on the river. Sanford won the pot with .
The two players capped the betting before the flop, guaranteeing that this would be a major confrontation. Getzoyan called bets on the flop and the turn, and when Sanford checked after the hit on the river, Getzoyan let out a long breath before making a 100K bet. Sanford called and showed , Getzoyan had pocket tens and took down a massive pot.
The players split the opening two hands -- Getzoyan won when he flopped a king and Sanford paid off a bet on the river, Sanford made two pair with pocket fives and Getzoyan called on the turn and river.
William Thorsson lost most of his stack to Geoff Sanford in a huge pot. The two players three-bet before the flop, which came down . The turn was the and the two players traded raises until all of Sanford's chips were in the middle. And that's when Thorsson learned that he'd been terribly unlucky -- his pocket sixes now trailed Sanford's . The river was the and that left Thorsson with just 50K left.
He was eliminated on the next hand when he was forced to toss in the last of his chips in the big blind with . Sanford finished the job he started with , and William Thorsson finished in third place, winning $136,493.
Saro Getzoyan has his chips lined up in a great, pink brick -- with a few carefully-counted stacks set aside that he can push in to call and/or raise. Stacking your chips in that way is supposed to tell you something about the player...in this case I think it means that he's the big chip leader.
Saro Getzoyan won back most of the chips he lost to William Thorsson on the previous hand when, with the board showing , he showed the . Thorsson flashed an ace before mucking.