Peter Raimondi was one of four callers of an Alex Visbisky open, leaving him just 150,000 or so behind.
When Visbisky continued on an flop, Raimondi was the only taker, calling all in with the . Turned out Visbisky had big slick, taking away Raimondi's gutshot outs, but he didn't need them.
The turn bricked, but a heart on the river made Raimondi a flush for the double up.
A few hands later he got it in again, this time with a set of eights against top pair and an open ender with one card to come.
The set held and Raimondi is over 1.2 million now.
Alex Visbisky opend with kings on the button and Andy Spears defended his big blind. Spears check-called a bet on the flop with two spades, then check called it off when Visbisky shoved the offsuit turn.
Spears had the but missed on the red ace river to say goodbye.
Peter Raimondi has decimated Blake Napierala's chip lead.
Raimondi got it in for 400,000-plus with kings versus Napierala's big slick and flopped the case king for good measure.
The double up cut Napierala down to size and vaulted Raimondi back into contention for the lead with 15 remaining.
A minute later, Johannes Mueller busted getting it in with kings against Norge Mastrangelo's flopped pair of eights. An eight on the turn did him in and they were down to 14.
Then, it looked like Guy Klass would be the next to go when he got it in for 200,000 with sevens against Raimondi's tens. However, Klass turned a seven to survive and leave Raimondi lamenting his luck.