Ben Lamb had the button. It was Pius Heinz who raised to 1.8 million to open the pot, and Matt Giannetti defended his big blind to see the flop heads up.
It came , and Giannetti knocked the table. Heinz continued out with 2 million, and Giannetti quickly folded.
Martin Staszko had the button. Ben Lamb raised to 1.7 million in the cutoff, and Eoghan O'Dea three-bet from the big blind. It was all in for 11.325 million, and Lamb released his cards into the muck without incident.
Matt Giannetti had the button. Under the gun, Pius Heinz raised to 1.8 million, and Giannetti three-bet to 4.5 million. Eoghan O'Dea gave it a long look before folding, and the action came back around to Heinz. He surrendered, too, and Giannetti takes it down.
With that pot, Giannetti has pipped across the 50-million-chip mark, trailing Heinz by just 3 million for the lead.
Collins raised all in for 13.575 million and Ben Lamb called from the big blind. Just like that, the cards were on their backs.
Collins:
Lamb:
The flop came down and Lamb stayed in front. Take note that Collins held the only diamond in the hand.
The turn was about as sweatastic as you could get, giving Collins a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw.
The dealer slowly burned and then dealt the on the river, spiking Collins with a flush. His cheering section erupted as Collins raked in the pot to double up to over 28 million.