Million-Chip Marchese
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Tom Marchese raised to 45,000 from early position, and Sam Stein made the call a few seats over. Everyone else ducked out of the way, and the two of them went heads up to a flop.
It came 
, and Marchese continued out with a bet of 60,000. Stein stared him down and popped it up to 155,000 after a minute or two. Marchese didn't waste much time flat-calling.
Fourth street came the 
, and Stein checked behind, and Marchese checked it to him again on the 
river. Taking his cue to fire, Stein gathered heaps of pink chips and slid forward one final bet of 245,000. Marchese just thought it over for a few seconds before calling it down.
Without a word, Stein flipped up his 
miss, and Marchese's 
was the winner. The two men have essentially traded stacks after that hand with Marchese moving his way up to 1.22 million.