From the small blind, Bruno Lopes opened to 180,000, and Andrei Stoenescu three-bet shoved all in from the big. Lopes started the hand with about 1.5 million total, and he committed himself to with a call for his tournament life. Stoenescu turned up , and the race was on.

Stoenescu held strong on the flop, but the put Lopes one card from the double. The river was safe, and we've got ourselves a game here. Lopes is over 3 million; Stoenescu drops back under 5 million.