Bigger than the Amazon
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Two big hands reached a critical stage on the river simultaneously on the outer tables.
1st Big River:
Max Heinzelmann had raised preflop, picked up Cuello Jorge Mariano and seen a check-checked flop of . The turn had been moderately bet (60k) when Mariano checked, but the river was check-raised by the young Spaniard to 320,000 (Heinzelmann fired 113,000). Heinzelmann folded.
2nd Big River:
Martin Jacobson raised to 48,000 preflop, called by Mario Adinolfi in the big blind. Adinolfi led out for 65,000 on the flop, called by Jacobson. He led the river as well (130,000) but Jacobson calmly raised all in. Covered, Adinolfi finally laid down his hand leaving himself a stack of 320,000.