With players being in the hand-for-hand process since the start of the level, the first all-in action finally occurred with John Bunch getting his 60,000 stack in the middle from the button and MSPT champ James Romero looked him up from the big blind.
John Bunch: ![7s](/images/pokercards/7s.gif)
![7d](/images/pokercards/7d.gif)
James Romero: ![as](/images/pokercards/as.gif)
![9c](/images/pokercards/9c.gif)
Bunch was racing for his tournament life and took a commanding lead after the ![7c](/images/pokercards/7c.gif)
![9h](/images/pokercards/9h.gif)
flop gave him a set of sevens.
The
turn did give Romero two-pair giving Bunch a little sweat, but the
completed the board on the river and secured his double-up.
James Romero - 225,000
John Bunch - 120,000