Ellis Makes Tough Call to Take Chip Lead

We got to the table with approximately 110,000 already in the pot and the board showing . Matt Ellis checked to the chip-leader Joel Nimmo who put out a bet of 50,000. Ellis check-raised to 125,000 and Nimmo took just a few seconds before announcing that he was all in.

Ellis leaned back and put his hands on his head. He stood up, took his hat off, rubbed his head, and put the hat back on. Exhaling, he thought for about thirty seconds. "I call," he said, seeming resigned to his fate.

It was a good call though as Nimmo had been bluffing with and Ellis and his for a pair of nines was in the lead. The turn was the and Ellis merely needed to face an ace on the river to win the huge pot. The river was the and Ellis doubled up to 1,100,000 to take the chip lead from Nimmo who still sat with a huge stack of 1,015,000 despite the hit.