John Sun opened the action in middle-position for 5,000, getting calls from Joe Finocchiaro in the hijack and the small blind before Josh Reichard three-bet to 25,000. Sun called, Finocchiaro shrugged then called, and the small blind tanked for a bit before calling as well, creating a six-figure pot preflop.
The flop came , and the small blind quickly went all in for his last 9,000. Reichard folded, Sun announced a call, then Finocchiaro snap-jammed for 40,000 and Sun snap-called, creating a 200,000 pot.
Sun:
Finocchiaro:
Small Blind:
Finocchiaro had the best of it with top pair, but had to fade a lot of outs between Sun and the small blind. The and changed nothing, however, and Finocchiaro scooped a mammoth pot in the closing minutes of Day 1A.
Joe Finocchiaro – 200,000
Josh Reichard – 100,000
John Sun – 50,000