Calderaro First Player to a Million
Level 13
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
After arriving at the table in the middle of a big hand between two of the chip leaders, James Calderaro was faced with what looked to be a pot-sized bet of 225,000 from Iraj Parvizi. The board read 
, and Calderaro was doing all of the talking.
"What a run-out. I flopped top set and spades. Did you just go runner-runner on me?" Calderaro was trying to get any information possible from Parvizi. "Did you know I flopped top set?" Calderaro asked him.
"Yeah, you were betting like you did," Parvizi replied.
Calderaro asked the table for a couple minutes to think about his decision and finally called.
"You win," Parvizi said, and Calderaro tabled a set of queens to scoop a monster pot and become the first player over 1,000,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,145,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
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|
480,000
-460,000
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-460,000 |