Up and Down Start for Greco
On the first hand of the final table, Stephane Tayar was all in before the flop with against Michael Greco's . Tayar spiked a king on the flop and his hand held, pushing him up to 170,000 and knocking Greco down to 59,000.
On the very next hand, Trevor Pope raised to 40,000 from early position, and Greco reraised all in from the button. Karl Gal called from the big blind, as did Pope.
The flop came , Gal bet the pot, and Pope got out. Gal showed for a set of sevens, and Greco was in tough shape with his . But the turn brought the , giving Greco the better set, and after the he had more than tripled back to 201,000. Gal now has 365,000.