Hand #229: Farber Doubles
Level 39
: 500,000/1,000,000, 150,000 ante
Ryan Riess raised to two million on the button, Jay Farber defended, and the flop fell . Farber checked, Riess bet 2.5 million, and Farber check-raised all in for 16.3 million. Riess snap-called.
Farber:
Riess:
The entire Penn & Teller Theatre rose to it's feet as the dealer waited for the television crew to cue him. When it was time, he wrapped the table and delivered the on the turn.
Farber's rail exploded. Riess could only win the event with a jack on the river to chop, but it was not to be as the bricked off on the river.
The dealer is confirming the counts now, and the players are on a 10-minute break.