Event 12: Hand Of The Tournament

$170 + $30 Big Stack NL (2 Re-Entry)

Cal Azzam & Frank Ficadenti

This was the best hand I've seen so far in this tournament. Cal Azzam starts the hand as the chip leader with just over 1 million in chips and is in the small blind. Frank Ficadenti (Springfield, VA) has 500,000 in the big.

Table folds around to the small and big blind. Small blind (Cal) calls and we see a flop.

Flop runs: 2♦ 9♥ 2♣

Cal checks and Frank bets 120,000. Cal raises to 240,000 causing Frank to go into the tank.
It looked like his decision was jam or fold.

He decided to jam and Cal snaps him, showing 5♥ 2♥.
Frank sighs as he tables 9♠ 10♦

Turn 3♥ - looks like Cal will be the massive tournament chip leader and Frank will be out...unless he can hit his two outter.

Sure enough Frank rivers 9♦ and doubles up to 1 million in chips.

Frank is down to 500,000 but took the beat as well as anyone could. I mean he even posed for this picture - which we thank him for.