Ilkka Heikkila, crippled by that earlier encounter with David Kahan, moved all in under the gun for 30,000 or so. Overnight chip leader Ruggiero Scommegna made the call, and they were on their backs.
Scommegna: :::Qc :::8c
Heikkila: dominating with :::Kh :::8s and looking in great shape for a double up
Board: :::Ac :::2h :::5d :::6c … :::Kc
Yup, that is a flush for Scommegna – and the cruellest possible card to bring it in, as well. Heikkila duly busted out, looking slightly disgusted as he headed for the door, and Scommegna was left to stack up his brand new 120k’s worth of chips.
Wait – 120k? Wasn’t Scommegna a huge stack on 250,000 all day? Well, across the table, Daniel Pastor seems to be in possession of a very suspicious 500,000 stack. No details on exactly what happened there, but we can confidently declare Pastor our chip leader right now.
