Secondary Table: Ace On the River for Castelluccio
Hand #8: Alexander Livingston started the hand with the button. Sergio Castelluccio raised to 240,000 from the hijack seat, Carlos Mortensen called out of the cutoff seat, then Jason Mann reraised to 890,000 from the small blind. After Marc McLaughlin folded from the big blind, it was back to Castelluccio. He took a minute, then reraised to 1.54 million.
Mortensen now seemed to be stuck in the middle of a raising war, and he began to tank before letting his hand go. Mann tanked as well, but a bit more deliberately than Mortensen as he had much more invested in the hand already with his three-bet. After some time, Mann just called.
The flop came down 
, and Mann checked. Castelluccio checked behind, and the turn brought the 
. Mann checked again. Castelluccio didn't quickly check behind this time as he did on the flop, but instead took his time before firing a bet of 1.36 million. Back into the tank went Mann. After a few moments, he reached for some chips and made the call.
The dealer completed the board with the 
, and Mann checked. Castelluccio quickly checked back.
Mann showed pocket queens — 
— but Castelluccio's 
offsuit proved to be the winning hand thanks to the river card. Suits of each hand were unknown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,430,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
||
|
9,420,000
3,380,000
|
3,380,000 |
|
4,105,000
-3,395,000
|
-3,395,000 |