Sammartino Wins a Monster Pot with Double Suited Aces

Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Dario Sammartino was in a pot that brewed to gigantic dimensions. We picked up the action on the river where Sammartino shoved his 430,000 or so when Xuedong Li checked to him. Sammartino had him covered by almost 100,000 and a fairly quick call followed.
Sammartino had flopped the nut flush on the board, showing double suited aces with
. Li turned up
for an inferior flush and the big chunk of money went to Sammartino who now commands his table with a 1.25 million stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,250,000
950,000
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950,000 |
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Busted |