Hands #72-75: Big Pot Results in Big Chop
Hand #72: Marco Bognanni raised it to 2 million and Robert Mitchell called. Both players then checked to the river on a board of 
, and after Mitchell checked for a third time, Bognanni slid out a 2 million chip bet and took down the pot.
Hand #73: Mitchell called from his small blind, but Bognanni decided he wanted to play for a little more, and bumped it up to 2.9 million, which was too much for Mitchell and he mucked his cards.
Hand #74: Mitchell raised it to 2 million, which was upped to 6.5 million by Bognanni. Mitchell made the call, and then called again when Bognanni continued for 4.8 million on the 
flop. After both players checked the 
turn] Bognanni put out a big bet of 11.4 million on the 
river, which was called by Mitchell and both players tabled their hands and revealed that they had both just chopped the biggest pot of the tournament up to that point.
Bognanni: 
Mitchell: 
Hand #75: After Halley called from his small blind and Mitchell checked his option from the big blind, both players then checked through to the river on a board of 
, and after Hallay checked again, Mitchell put out a bet of 1.5 million and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000,000
4,800,000
|
4,800,000 |
|
44,500,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
8,900,000
-4,300,000
|
-4,300,000 |