Merulla Gets There
When we reached the table, there was 80,000 in the pot and Robert Merulla and Wesley Pantling were heads up. After a series of bets, the two were all in, and the hands were tabled.
Merulla:
Pantling:
Merulla was at risk, and did not improve when the turned. The slammed on the river though, and it took Merulla a second to realize it gave him the best hand before he threw his arms in the air in celebration.
It took nearly two minutes to sort out the chips, but after the counts were checked and re-checked, the stacks looked like this:
Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
---|---|---|
Robert Merulla |
1,250,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Wesley Pantling |
570,000
-595,000
|
-595,000 |