Domenico Lauricella Eliminated in 12th Place ($30,888)
In the first, Lauricella opened with a raise to 45,000 from under-the-gun and Forrester made the call from the big blind.
The flop came down and Forrester checked to Lauricella who fired a 75,000 continuation bet. Forrester made the call.
Both players checked when the came on the turn and the river brought the . Forrester then took the opportunity to lead out with a 100,000 bet and Lauricella made the call, only to see Forrester turn over for the absolute nuts. After the hand, Lauricella was left with just 63,000 in chips.
Moments later, Lauricella found himself all in again, moving in over the top of a 57,000 preflop raise made by Panayotis Flourentzou which was called by Forrester. Lauricella's raise was only 4,000 more, so both Flourentzou and Forrester called and checked down the board. At the showdown, the following hands were revealed:
Lauricella:
Forrester:
Flourentzou:
Forrester's aces were best and he raked in the pot to move to 1.1 million in chips on the day.