Too Strong to Fold
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Frank Gregory limped to start the action and Rodney Ramalho raised to 15,000. The action folded around to Gregory who reraised to 55,000. Ramalho took his time to make his next move.
The clock ticked off the final seconds of the level and the players were now on break, but Ramalho still took another 30 or so seconds before shoving all in. Gregory quickly called and showed 
. Ramalho had 
and was in danger of losing a large part of his chip stack.
The board ran out 
and Gregory won the hand, stacking more than 350,000 chips before he headed off for the remainder of the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
362,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
64,000
13,000
|
13,000 |