Nulli Up, Nulli Down
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Roberto Nulli has had a turbulent start to the level, finding his short stack boosted then halved in quick succession. He saw a heads-up flop with Ion Pavel of and bet 35k. He was called, and the turn brought the . Immediately Nulli moved in for around 200,000. He sat quietly for half a minute while Pavel considered, before suddenly announcing, "Jack! I have Jacks! Six-Jack. And you?"
This sped up the Pavel decision, as he said, "Fold," (but failed to release his cards until prompted twice by the dealer).
"I show," said Nulli- he turned up .
Shortly thereafter he doubled up Jean Sami Souleiman who'd moved in preflop for 62k. Nulli flat called his move with , ahead of Souleiman's only until the came to save his tournament life.