Santos Triples to Over One Million!
First, Hall showed . Next, Perkins tabled . Finally, Santos tabled yelling, "Ace king! Ace king!" as if he had the best hand.
All three players stood as the dealer burned and dealt the flop: . When the ace hit the felt, Santos sprung into the crowd yelling, "Ace! Ace! Ace!" as he was swarmed by his friends, about 20 of them. Robert Mizrachi stood and was lifting his hands in the air over and over to pump up the crowd even more.
The turn brought the and more eruption as Santos stayed in the lead. The river was the , completing the board and bringing Santos from worst to first in the largest and loudest pot of the tournament! The celebration that ensued was one for the ages. Santos took off running around the rail and around the sliding dividers that seperate the two halves of the tournament room. He had plenty of his fans right on his heels as they all screamed and cheered. Brock Parker was standing near Santos at the time the river hit and had to flee for his life.
After Santos gathered himself and the crowd settled, he raked in his chips and stacked them up, totaling about 1.1 million. He is officially the new chip leader! Perkins dropped to 125,000, but did win the side pot from Hall. Hall dropped to 285,000.