Winner: Michael Cooper Makes Big Call, Moves On to Final Round
In the last hand before the break, Michael Cooper had raised from the small blind/button against his heads-up opponent, Emil Gunnarsson, and Gunnsarsson had shoved all in over the top. Cooper went deep into the tank.
"This reminds me of one from a couple of years ago," he said. Finally amid much anguish he made the call. "Aces?" he said worriedly, but Gunnarsson flipped over . Cooper energetically turned over . The board ran out , and Cooper's hand held up.
It took the dealer several minutes to count out the stacks, and as it happened Gunnarsson still had a few hundred left. Even though the break had begun, the pair went ahead and played one more hand. Gunnarsson had , Cooper , and when the board brought a five Cooper was through to tomorrow's final.