04-18-2009 17:45 UTC-5

Two Chipleaders Battle; Dominik Nitsche Wins Largest Pot of Tournament... So Far

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The two chipleaders clashed and fireworks ensued. Dominik Nitsche opened for a raise, much like he has been doing all afternoon . Mark Ioli reraised to 60,000. Nitsche said, "All in."

"Did you say all in?" asked Ioli

Nitsche nodded.

"I call," said Ioli.

Nitsche tabled {K-Hearts}

and Ioli flipped over {K-Spades}

. Ioli jumped out of his chair and screamed, "Yes! I knew it."

Ioli had Nitsche covered. If his hand held up, he'd bust the second biggest stack in the room.

The flop was {A-Hearts}

. Nitsche could not have asked for a better flop. The young German picked up a flush draw and a gutshot Broadway straight draw. The turn was the {5-Hearts}

and Nitsche made his flush, much to the dismay of Ioli who looked absolutely crushed. The river was the {5-Diamonds}

and Nitsche won the pot.

It took a couple of minutes to count down Nitsche's remaining stack... which was around 326,000. The dealer pushed a pot to him worth over 700,000. Ioli slipped to 170,000.

Tags: Domink Nitsche Mark Ioli