It was looking grim for the Italian Pirate. Max Pescatori was committed from the blinds with and found himself against Jeff Tunkel's . Solution? Flop two pair! Pescatori made tens and three on a flop of , then faded every card he needed to fade on the turn and river to secure a double-up.
Pescatori is still mighty short, but having 27,000 chips buys him a little more time.