Rivered Ten for Johnson
Ryan Hemmel opened to 80,000 from middle position and Thomas Johnson made the call from the big blind.
The flop fell down and Johnson fired out a bet of 200,000 only to have Hemmel move all in for over 1,250,000. Johnson made the call for his 635,000 total and we were off to a showdown.
Johnson:
Hemmel:
Johnson would need to find an ace or ten to stay alive, and after the landed on the turn, he was looking at a final table bubble.
As his wife rushed past the blogging desk to see what fate the deck had for her husband, the spiked on the river to send Johnson to 1,505,000 as Hemmel slips to 575,000 in chips.