Massive Pot Alert: Watson is Right Against Pires and Doubles
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
With four players involved, the flop showed 
and Leonardo Pires led out for 214,000 into a pot of 224,000 from the big blind.
Mike Watson made the call from the hijack and Ken Demlakian and Randy Kritzer folded.
The turn was the 
and the action was on Pires who bet 500,000 right away, blowing the pot up to to 1,152,000.
Watson made the call, and with 1.6 million in the middle, Pires snap-shoved all in for 1,010,000 effectively on the 
river.
Watson started counting down his stack, and went into the tank very deep trying to make up his mind.
In the end Watson slammed a stack of chips into the middle, and Pires announced, "Six" as he showed 
.
Watson showed 
and he raked in this massive pot for back-to-back double ups.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,490,000
-773,000
|
-773,000 |
|
3,674,000
1,924,000
|
1,924,000 |
|
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